Research
Absolom Arter
Name: Absolom Arter
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 22nd USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: n/a
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 12/25/1863
Company: K
Slave at Enlistment?: No
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Place of Birth: Charles Arrow, Va.
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
