Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers: 19th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops

By Dina Nayeri and Robert Summers

In 1863, hundreds of enslaved Black men from Maryland entered the Union Army, leaving behind a life of slavery to fight in a war that would determine their freedom and the future of the nation.

Who were these men, and what became of them?

Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers tells the remarkable stories of the men of Maryland's 19th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, from their enlistment and service in the Civil War to their lives after the fighting ended.

1,138 soldiers served in the 19th Regiment from its initial organization at Camp Stanton in the fall of 1863 to its demobilization in Texas in January 1867. During this time, 23 were killed in action, 245 died from disease, a small number deserted, and others were discharged for various reasons. A few replacements resupplied the regiment from time to time, but by the time the regiment was disbanded in 1867, it was down to 607 men.

Drawing on the author's ten years of research in the military and pension records at the U.S. National Archives, this large book preserves the military and personal histories of each of the 1,138 soldiers who served in Maryland's 19th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08H573W5Z
• ISBN13: 9798681298540
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"