United States Colored Troops

The following is an unconfirmed list of men serving with Colored Troop units. For the time being, I am under the impression that the majority of these men were only residing in Canada at the time of their enlistment. I am also not certain about the names and information on this list. If anyone has more information I would appreciate being contacted.

USCT = United States Colored Troops (Infantry)

USCHA = United States Colored Heavy Artillery

Abbot, Anderson R.; 7^th USCT ?, from Canada. I am fairly certain that he was born in Canada, and he was educated in Toronto. In 1861 he attained his license to practice medicine in Canada. During the Civil War he earned the rank of Captain and served with two other African-Canadian doctors, Alexander T. Augusta and Jerome Riley. In the future, I will most likely compile a longer biography; for now, anyone interested in learning more should refer to "Look to the North Star" [see bottom]

Achim, Anselm; Assistant Surgeon, 41^st USCT from Montreal, CE

Adams, John; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Adams, William; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Allen, Henry; 12^th USCT, from Canada

Allen, John; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Anderson, James; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Armstrong, James B; 20^th USCT, from Montreal, CE

Augusta, Alexander T.; 7^th USCT, surgeon from Canada

Bailey, James; 102^nd USCT, from Canada West

Benjamin, James; 20^th USCT, from Halifax, NS

Blackburn, Benjamin; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Blackwell, Henry; 3^rd USCT, from Toronto, CW

Bowles, William; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Boyd, William; 8^th USCT, from Canada

Boyer, John; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Breslin, Thomas; 7^th USCT, from Montreal, CE

Brown, Henry; Corporal, 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Burrell, Edmond; Corporal, 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Burton, William; Sergeant, 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Camera, Allen F.; 11^th USCHA, from Lower Canada [Canada East]

Carter, Frank; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Chandler, William; ----, from London, Canada [West]

Clunie, William; Assistant Surgeon, 10^th USCT, from Toronto, CW

Delany, Martin Robison; 104^th USCT. He was born in Charles Town, now West Virginia to free Black parents, and earned a medical education, wrote novels and established the Mystery, an anti-slavery periodical in Pittsburgh. He was also associated with Frederick Douglass's North Star and was a friend of John Brown. Sometime in the mid 1850s, Delany left the United States and settled in Chatham, Canada West, which is near Buxton, and established a medical practice there. During the Civil War, he became commander of the 104^th USCT, being the first African-American to become a Major in the U. S. Army. More on his life can be found in "Look to the North Star" p. 243 ff.

Doo, Elijah; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Douglass, John; 6^th USCT, from Montreal, CE

Fitzgerald, Joseph W.; 9^th USCHA, from Middlesex Co., CW

Fromman, William; Sergeant, 18^th USCT, from Montreal, CE

Graham, Charles E; 1^st Lt, 41^st USCT, from Hereford, CE ⁽¹⁾

Gredon, Charles; ------, from Windsor, CW

Green, Major; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Griffin, Henton; -----, from St. Catherines, CW

Hancey, Charles; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Harrison, Charles; 3^rd USCT, from Canada

Hawkins, Charles; 3^rd USCT, from Canada

Henry, John; 3^rd USCT, from Toronto, CW

Henson, James; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Hicks, Jacob; 20^th USCT, from Canada West

Hill, Thomas; 18^th USCT, from Canada East

Holland, John; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Hutchinson, George; 3^rd USCT, from St. John, NB

Jacobs, Jacob; 20^th USCT, from Canada West

Jaruis, George E.; 20^th USCT, from Nova Scotia

Johnson, Francis; 26^th USCT, from Oxford Co., CW

Johnson, William; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Jones, Thomas; 8^th USCT, from Canada

Jones, William; 3^rd USCT, from St. John, NB

King, Solomon; 102^nd USCT, from Buxton, CW

Lewis, John; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Lewis, John; 6^th USCT, from St. John, NB

Marks, Jerry; 1^st USCT, from Chatham, CW

Martin, John; 20^th USCT, from Canada West

Martin, Thomas; 6^th USCT, from Canada

Minor, William H.; 8^th USCT, from St. John, NB

Monroe, Pryor; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Montgomery, George; 20^th USCT, from Canada West

Mosier, John; 3^rd USCT, from Canada

Mott, Perry B.; 20^th USCT, from St. John, NB

Noden, William; Assistant Surgeon, 10^th USCT, from Hampton, CW

Owens, John; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Patterson, Samuel Malden; 102^nd USCT, from Canada West

Peaks, James; 1^st USCT, from St. Catharines, CW

Pernel, William; 3^rd USCT, from Nova Scotia

Phillips, Charles; 3^rd USCT, St. John, NB

Postent, Peter; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Ranlain, Edgar; 3^rd USCT, from Toronto, CW

Riley, Jerome; surgeon from Canada

Shadd, Abraham W.; 104^th USCT, from Buxton, CW. He was a member of the 24^th Kent Militia in Canada before enlisting in the Federal army in Detroit sometime during August 1863. He rose to the rank of Captain and served as aide to the unit commander, Major Martin R. Delany. ["Look to the North Star" p. 274 (photo)]

Simmons, John; 1^st USCT, from Canada

Singleton, H.; 3^rd USCT, from Canada

St. Dana, James; 1^st USCT, from Canada West

Taylor, Henry; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Thomas, Henry; 18^th USCT, from London, CW

Thomas, William; 102^nd USCT, from Canada

Thompson, Joseph; 6^th USCT, from Montreal, CE

Thompson, William; 1^st USCT, from Canada

Tomson, Albert; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Walker, Andrew; 3^rd USCT, from Niagara, CW

Walters, David; 20^th USCT, from Halifax, NS

Ward, Thomas; 6^th USCT, from Canada

Washington, August; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Washington, Samuel; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Waters, Theodore; 3^rd USCT, from Canada

Watson, Jerry; 1^st Sergeant, 18^th USCT, from Canada West

White, Smith; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Wight, Charles M.; Surgeon, 32^nd USCT, from Canada West

Williams, John; 18^th USCT, Hamilton, CW

Williams, Peter; 18^th USCT, from Canada West

Willis, Thomas; 18^th USCT, from Buxton, CW

Wilson, Isaac; 20^th USCT, from Canada West

1. also served with the 5^th New Hampshire Infantry and 13^th New York Infantry

Victor Ullman: "Look to the North Star: A Life of William King" Saunders of Toronto Limited, 1969.

This is a very interesting and readable source on the Buxton Settlement established near Chatham, Ontario. On page 273 the author claims that shortly after it was learned that the First Michigan Colored Infantry was being recruited in Detroit, approximately 70 men from the settlement, many of them members of the 24^th Kent Militia, marched off to enlist. This was in mid-August.