Research
James Alexander
Name: James Alexander
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 19th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: Fannie Willis
Place of Birth/Residence: New Market, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 12/31/1863
Company: G
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Corporal
Notes:
Born in Kent Co., MD; Muster out at Brownsville, TX by reason of expiration of term of service; was 1st Sergeant until 3/31/1864; Sergeant until 11/1/1865; Alternative name "Alexander Hall" [?]
Source(s):
Maryland Comptroller of the Treasury, "Bounty Rolls, 1864-1880," S629, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD, microfilm copy at Maryland Room, Frederick County Public Libraries, Frederick, MD, 180, right; Maryland Adjutant General, "Civil War Muster Rolls, 1864-1867," MSA-S-936-51, Folder No. 55, Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD; Records of the Adj. General’s Office, 1780-1971, Record Group 94, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served with the United States Colored Troops, M1822, National Archives, Washington, DC; Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, National Archives, Washington, DC, as scanned on Ancestry.com, U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line].
