Robert Abram (1827 - 1902)

Born 1827 in Ohio, United States

Died 16 Dec 1902 at about age 75 in Ohio, United States

Biography

Private Robert Abram served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 15 Jun 1863
Mustered out: 29 Aug 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Company H, 55th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)

Robert Abram is a part of US Black heritage.

Robert was a soldier in the American Civil War. ^[1] At the time of his enlistment, he was residenced in Chillicothe, Ohio and was a farmer. ^[2] He enlisted on 5 June 1863 at Readville, Massachusetts. ^[3] Ohio boasted more African American volunteers than any other state. Most of these volunteers were free men and eager to join the fight once Congress passed an act allowing for the enlistment of "colored" troops. ^[4] He was a member of Company H, 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This unit was a sister unit to the 54th which was the first Regiment raised solely with African-American soldiers. The demand to join the 54th was so great, that another regiment was deemed necessary, hence the 55th Regiment.

Death

Robert died 16 December 1902. ^[5] He was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Scioto, Ross, Ohio. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
4. ↑ Wikipedia Contributors
5. ↑ Grave Registration Card
6. ↑ Grave Registration Card

See also:

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDPL-2GR : 20 February 2021), Robert Abram, 1889.
• Census, Lucas, Ohio, 1890, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-5NLV-R?i=285&cc=1877095&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK83J-LVG
• Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War (Norwood Press, Norwood, 1931); Volume IV, pg. 748.
• Wikipedia contributors, "Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Military_history_of_African_Americans_in_the_American_Civil_War&oldid=885363709 (accessed February 28, 2019).
• Graves Registration Cards Collection, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio; database only, "Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017 Ancestry Record 61438 #37962: accessed 27 February 2019.
• Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; database and digital images, "U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865," Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007 Ancestry Record 1107 #981: accessed 27 February 2019; citing The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry; Microfilm Serial: M1801; Microfilm Roll: 1.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 February 2019), memorial page for Pvt Robert Abrams (unknown–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #37852011, citing Greenlawn Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by JLM (contributor 46860487).
• Fox, Charles Barnard. Record of the Service of the Fifty-Fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Cambridge, Massachusetts : Press of John Wilson and Son, July, 1868.