Simon Banks
Name: Simon Banks
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 2nd USCT Cav.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: n/a
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 02/24/1865
Company: M
Slave at Enlistment?: No
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Discharge: Brazos Santiago, TX 2/12/1866; Place of Birth: Warren, VA
Source(s):
Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Soldiers Records, Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossier_record?q=db:dossiers_franklin AND id_num:1786).
