James Briscoe
Name: James Briscoe
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 19th USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: Henry Landis
Place of Birth/Residence: Funkstown/ Beaver Creek, Washington County, MD
Enlistment Date: 05/23/1864
Company: F
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Drafted in Frederick, MD; Fought in the battle of Petersburg 7/30/1864
Source(s):
Adjutant General, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1867, MSA-S-936-49, Folder "19th, Co. F," Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD; U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 1918, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678).
