African American Sailors in the Union Navy from Virginia                                        
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Your search for found 32 records.                                        
                                
                                
Name                Age        Complexion        Occupation
             
Banks, William        20        Black        Farmer             Height - 5'7"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel-  Mystic,' '63-65; Macedonian.'65                                        Date of Enlistment - October 15, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 2;   Rating - 1st Class Boy

Boerum, Charles H.        22        Negro        Waiter/Fieldhand             Height - 5'4        Place of Enlistment - New York
Vessel - Metacomet, '63-'64                                         Date of Enlistment - November 24, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 1;  Rating - Landsman
                                
Brown, Joshua        25        Negro        Laborer        Height - 5'7"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel - Commodore Morris '63-64                                        Date of Enlistment - April 23, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 1;  Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Casey, Edmund        21        Black        Oysterman        Height - 5'4"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel - Mystic, '64                                        Date of Enlistment - January 1, 1864
                                 Term of Enlistment - 1; Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Casey, William        23        Black        Oysterman        Height - 5'6"         Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel - Mystic, '64 -' 65                                         Date of Enlistment - December 29, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 1; Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Cook, James R.        30        Mulatto        None        Height - 5'6             Place of Enlistment - New York
Vessel, unknown                                             Date of Enlistment - June 13, 1861
                                Term of Enlistment - 3; Rating - Landsman
                                
                                
Cook, Robert H.        18        Negro        None             Height - 5'6"        Place of Enlistment - Hampton Roads
Vessel; Monitor, Nov 7,1862 - Dec 31,1862;  went down with ship   Date of Enlistment - September 8, 1862
                                Term of Enlistment - 3
                                
Cook, William        19        Negro        Laborer        Height - 5'5"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel, Commodore Morris, '63-'64                                        Date of Enlistment - April 23, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 1; Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Dedman, Moses        18        Negro        Laborer        Height - 5'6"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel',Commodore Morris. '63-'64                                        Date of Enlistment - April 23, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 1 Rating unk
                                
Dudley, Philip        38        Negro        Slave        Height - 5'8"        Place of Enlistment - Red River
Vessel, Lexington '64; Pinkney'64                                        Date of Enlistment - March 25, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 3;Rating - Landsman
                                
Jackson, Thomas        16        Negro        Laborer        Height - 5'2"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel,Commodore Morris.  '63-'64                                        Date of Enlistment - April 23, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 1; Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Jones, Beverly        16        Negro        Waiter        Height - 4'10"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel, Mystic '65,  St. Lawrence '65                                        Date of Enlistment - February 13, 1865
                                Term of Enlistment - 2; Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Jones, Robert        18        Negro        Laborer/Farmer        Height - 5'1"        Place of Enlistment - Washington
Vessel, Jacob Bell '64 -'65                                        Date of Enlistment - July 19, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 3; Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Macanie, George        16        Negro        Waiter        Height - 4'10"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel, Mystic,'65 Hornet, '65                                        Date of Enlistment - February 19, 1865
                                Term of Enlistment - 2; Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Maxwell, Joseph        21        Mulatto        None        Height - 5'10"        Place of Enlistment - Baltimore
Vessel,  Daylight, '63                                        Date of Enlistment - July 9, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 3; Rating - Landsman
                                
Peyton, John        36        Quadroon        Cook        Height - 4'7"        Date of Enlistment - January 27, 1864
Vessel, Mystic '64 - '65                                        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
                                Term of Enlistment - 3   Rating - 2nd Class Boy
                                
Randal, George        15        Brown        None        Height - 4'7"        Date of Enlistment - January 27, 1864
Vessel, Mystic, '64 -'        '65                                Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
                                Term of Enlistment - 3  Rating - 2nd Class Boy
                                
Randolph, Frank        48        Mulatto        Barber        Height - 5'6"        Place of Enlistment - New York
Vessel unkown                                        Date of Enlistment - December 3, 1861
                                Term of Enlistment - 3  Rating - Landsman
                                
Ransom, George        15        Yellow        Farmer        Height - 5'0"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel   Mystic, '64-65 Macedonian '65-66, Marion '66          Date of Enlistment - January 19, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 3  Rating - 2nd Class Boy
                                
Ransom, Joseph        24        Black        Farmer        Height - 5'2"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel  Mystic '64-65                                        Date of Enlistment - August 13, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 3   Rating - Landsman
                                
Reid, Ned        20        Black        Waiter        Height - 5'4"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel  Mystic  '64-'65                                        Date of Enlistment - May 17, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 1   Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Robinson, Peter        22        Negro                Height - 5'5        Place of Enlistment - Fortress Monroe
Vessel  John Adams, '65                                        Date of Enlistment - July 19, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 3  Rating - Landsman
                                
Rone, Francis        23        Black        Waiter        Height - 5'8"        Place of Enlistment - Philadelphia
Vessel  Suwanee  '65-'67                                        Date of Enlistment - December 16, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 2  Rating - Landsman
                                
Scott, Samuel        25        Negro        Waiter/Oysterman        Height - 5'5"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel  Mystic  '63-'65                                        Date of Enlistment - December 16, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 2  Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Smith, Gadewood        21        Negro        Mariner        Height - 5'6"        Place of Enlistment - Hampton Roads
Vessel  Commodore Jones  '63-'64                                        Date of Enlistment - July 13, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 3  Rating - Landsman
                                
Smith, Leroy        22        Negro        Mariner        Height - 5'8"        Place of Enlistment - Hampton Roads
Vessel  Commodore Jones  '63-'64                                        Date of Enlistment - July 13, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 3   Rating - Landsman
                                
Smith, William        24        Black        Oysterman        Height - 5'9        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
Vessel  Mystic '64-'65                                        Date of Enlistment - January 1, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 1  Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Thomas, F.        24        Black        Fieldhand        Height - 5'4        Place of Enlistment - "Forest Rose"/Mississippi R
Vessel  Forest Rose  '64-'65 Benton '65, Ibex '65                                        Date of Enlistment - November 16, 1864
                                Enlistment /For theWar/Rating1st Class Boy
                                
                                
                                
Travis, John        20        Negro        Laborer        Height - 5'4"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
29Vessel  Commodore Morris  '63-'64                                        Date of Enlistment - April 23, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 1  Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
White, William        20        Negro        Waiter        Height - 5'2"        Place of Enlistment - New York
Vessel  Wabash '63, Catskill '64, Racer '64-65                                        Date of Enlistment - May 19, 1863
                                Term of Enlistment - 3  Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Whiting, Frank        42        Negro                Height - 5'6"        Place of Enlistment - James River
Vessel  Genesee  '62-'64                                        Date of Enlistment - September 4, 1862
                                Term of Enlistment - 3   Rating - 1st Class Boy
                                
Willson, William        23        Yellow        Farmer        Height - 5'8"        Place of Enlistment - Yorktown
(32)  Vessel  Mystic '64                                        Date of Enlistment - January 4, 1864
                                Term of Enlistment - 1  Rating - 1st Class Boy


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