Ohio

Gallia County – Green Township

U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, 11th Congressional District
John Clark
William Coles
George Cordell
Jesse Collins
Frank Coleman
Ottawa Crawley

1890 Census
Jesse Collier, 27 USCI
William Deed, 27 and 23 USCI
Spencer Ford, 5 USCI
Peter Hogan, 27 USCI

You can look at the names of the other Black Civil War soldiers, sailors, and veterans
from Gallia County, or you can view the Ohio county pages to find African Americans
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Gallia County, OH: Black Civil War Soldiers, Sailors, & Veterans

Newspaper clippings related to Ohio Black Men who Served in the Civil War

Gallia County, Ohio: In The News

Gallipolis Journal, August 8, 1868

Samuel Ray, late Co. I, 2d Regiment W. Va. Cav., and Henry Festerman, Co. C, 5th U.S. Colored Troops, will find it to their advantage to send their post office address to E. W. Clark, Jr. Washington, D.C.


Gallipolis Journal, September 3, 1874

THOMAS WILLIAMS, late of Co. D, 31st Regiment, United States Colored Troops, will learn something of advantage to him by calling on or addressing EBEN N. HARPER, Att’y, Gallipois, Ohio.


Gallipolis Daily Tribune, June 18, 1898

Fell Dead.
Mr Leonard Johnston, and old colored soldier living at Evergreen, ate a hearty dinner today and took sick right away after rising from the table and died before a doctor could be called  He was a good old colored man near 80 years old.… Read more

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Black Civil War Soldiers, Sailors, & Veterans in Gallia County, Ohio

Gallia County, Ohio:
Black Civil War
Soldiers, Sailors, and Veterans

Article about raising a Civil War regiment of Black men in Gallia County, Ohio
Gallipolis Journal, November 26, 1863

Where is Gallia County?

Ohio Map showing Gallia County

Ohio Map showing Gallia County

Use the links below to view the names of the African American men who lived, enlisted, and/or are buried in Greene County

Green Township: 1890 Census

Greenfield Township: 1890 Census

Huntington Township: Long Cemetery

Morgan Township: 1890 Census; Morgan-Bethel Cemetery

Raccoon Township: 1890 Census; Bunch Cemetery; New Hope Cemetery

Springfield Township: 1890 Census; Buck Ridge Cemetery; Pine Hill Cemetery; Stephens Cemetery; Viney Cemetery

Other Gallia County Sources

In The News: Black Soldiers, Sailors, Veterans from Gallia County

Township Map of Gallia County

Township map of Gallia County, Ohio

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Trumbull County – Other Sources

Born in Trumbull County
Charles Titus, 5 USCI

Kinsman – 1850 Census
Charles Titus, 5 USCI

Weathersfield Township – 1860 Census
James H. Bronson, 5 USCI

Enlisted in Trumbull County
James H. Bronson, 5 USCI, July 4, 1863
Charles Croomes, 5 USCI, August 13, 1864, in Warren
Charles A. Garlick, 3 USCHA, March 2, 1865, in Warren
Washington Moore, 5 USCI, August 12, 1863
Benjamin F. Scott, 5 USCI, July 30, 1863
James Webb, 5 USCI, August 11, 1863

The Military History of Ohio…, “Roll of Honor of Ohio’s Rank and File from Trumbull County in the War of the Rebellion,” 1889.… Read more

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