James Jameson (1839)

Born 1839 in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States

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Biography

Private James Jameson served in the United States Civil War.
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James Jameson was born about 1839^[1] in Ithaca^[2], New York. He served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.

Occupations

• 1863^[1]: Barber

Residences

• 1890: 211 Walnut Avenue, Syracuse, New York (US Veterans Schedules)
• 1863: Ithaca, New York (military enlistment)^[1]

Military Service

During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company H of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second^[3] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 24 years old, single and working as a barber when he enlisted on 29 April 1863 from Ithaca, New York. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.^[1]

Company H participated in the Battle of Sol Legare Island on 16 July 1863, the Second Battle of Fort Wagner on 18 July 1863^[4], the Battle of Olustee on 20 February 1864, and the Battle of Honey Hill on 30 November 1864.^[1]

Military Pension

Military Pension Application No. 511,219 Certificate No. 739,132 (New York)

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Emilio McKay Roster
2. ↑ regimental descriptive
3. ↑ 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
4. ↑ dramatized in the 1989 movie Glory

• 1890 United States Veteran Schedules for Syracuse, New York (as James Jimerson)
• 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.)
• 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.