Private
Aaron
N
Freeman
Born about in Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rachel V (Williams) Freeman
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Gertrude A (Freeman) Kelley
Died
at about age 42
in New York, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Aaron Freeman is a part of US Black heritage.
Aaron N. Freeman was born about 1827[1] in Charlotte[2], Vermont. He served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the US Civil War. His brother-in-law George Williams married into a family of Underground Railroad operatives.
He stood 6 feet and 1/2 inches tall with brown skin, black eyes and black hair when he enlisted in 1863.[2]
Occupations
Residences
- 1863: Ferrisburg, Vermont (military enlistment)[1]
- 1860: Pittsfield, Massachusetts with the Goodrich family[3]
- 1850: Charlotte, Vermont with the Barton family[4]
Military Service
During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company K of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second[5] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 36 years old when he enlisted on 4 January 1864 from Ferrisburg, Vermont. He mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.[1]
Death
He passed away in 1869 and is buried at the City Cemetery in New York, New York.[6][7]
Projects
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Emilio, McKay Roster
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Company K descriptive Roll
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1860 federal census
- ↑ 1850 federal census
- ↑ and the first with federal recognition; the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment was against the wishes of the Secretary of War and filled only six companies, but did see action a full year before the 54th
- ↑ Fuller, p. 214
- ↑ Find a Grave memorial
- 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: M432_923; Page: 84B; Image: 174
- 1860 United States Federal Census The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_488; Page: 258; Family History Library Film: 803488
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #199519937
- Fold3.com. "Records of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored), 1863-1865." National Archives Catalog #577134. "Regimental and Company Books of Civil War Volunteer Union Organizations, compiled 1861 - 1865." Free Access Civil War Records 1-15 April 2018.
- Fuller, James. Men of Color, to Arms!: Vermont African-Americans in the Civil War. 2001.
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