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Dennis C. Linthicum

Name: Dennis C. Linthicum

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 4th USCT Inf.

Race: African American

Owner's Name: Thomas Hammond

Place of Birth/Residence: Libertytown, Frederick County, MD

Enlistment Date: 08/11/1865

Company: G

Slave at Enlistment?: Yes

Rank at End of Service: Private

Notes:

Slave for life; Manumission recorded 4/11/1864; Disabled


Source(s):

Paul and Rita Gordon, Frederick County, Maryland: A Playground of the Civil War (The Heritage Partnership, Frederick, MD: M&B Printing Inc., 1994), 285; U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 1391, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678); Frederick County Circuit Court, Land Records, Liber JWLC 1, page 376.

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