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Andrew Taylor

Name: Andrew Taylor

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 39th USCT Inf.

Race: African American

Owner's Name: Michael Newcomer

Place of Birth/Residence: Washington County, MD

Enlistment Date: 06/24/1864

Company: D

Slave at Enlistment?: Yes

Rank at End of Service: Private

Notes:

Drafted, and enrolled in Frederick. Died on December 31, 1864 from exposure to cold, Chapin Farm, VA.


Source(s):

U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 2267, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678); Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, National Archives, Washington, DC, as scanned on Ancestry.com, U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line].

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