| HAIL MARY. "One more valiant soldier here, One more valiant soldier here, One more valiant soldier here, To help me bear de cross. O hail, Mary, hail ! Hail!, Mary, hail ! Hail!, Mary, hail ! To help me bear de cross." Spiritual recorded by Thomas Wentworth Higginson which he attributed to the St. Augustine members of the 1st South Carolina. The 33rd USCT Regiment (or the 1st South Carolina Regiment) was filled with ex St. Augustine and St. Johns County slaves. The regiment was raised by General Hunter in May 1862. Col. James D. Fessenden was the staff officer and aide to General Hunter that was in charge of this early regiment. This was before approval from Lincoln and was abandoned. On August 10 the regiment was dissolved except for Company A. In November 1862, the 33rd, was reconstituted under Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The regiment consisted of ten companies of about 86 men each. On January 1st, 1863 at the Camp Saxton Emancipation Proclamation Celebration the regimental colors were given to the 33rd Regiment. The troops were official and paid. Regiment Record Before muster, 3 companies on Expedition along the coast of Georgia and Florida on during November 3-10, 1862. Spalding's, on Sapello River, GA, November 7 (Company "A"). Doboy River Island until March 1863. Expedition from Beaufort up the St. Mary's River in Georgia and Florida during January 23 - February 1. Skirmish at Township on January 26. Expedition from Beaufort to Jacksonville, FL, on March 23-31. Skirmish near Jacksonville on March 29. At Beaufort, SC, until January 1864. Expedition up South Edisto River during July 9-11, 1863. Action at Williston Bluff, Pon Pon River on July 10. Expedition to Pocotaligo, SC, during November 23-25 (Companies "E" & "K"). Skirmish near Cunningham's Bluff on November 24. (Companies "C" and "K" at Hilton Head, SC, until September, 1863, returning to Beaufort, SC; Companies "A" & "F" moved to Hilton Head, SC, during January, 1864. Expedition to Jacksonville, FL, during February 6-8.They were present at Township, Mill Town Bluff, Hall Island, Jacksonville and John's Island. Duty at Port Royal Island, S.C., District of Beaufort, S.C., till July, 1864. Expedition to James Island, S.C., June 30-July 10. James Island near Sessionville, July 2. Duty on Folly and Morris Islands operating against Charleston, S.C., to November. Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Devaux's Neck, December 6. Tillifinny Station, December 9. Ordered to Folly Island, December 9. Near Pocotaligo Road, December 20. At Pocotaligo, S.C., till February, 1865. Occupation of Charleston till March 8. Moved to Savannah, Ga., March 8, and duty there till June 6. Moved to August, Ga. Duty there and at various points in the Dept. of the South till January, 1866. Mustered out January 31, 1866.. On February 8th 1864 the regiment became the 33rd USCT. The regiment was mustered out at Fort Wagner on February 9, 1866. Officers of the First South Carolina Volunteers later 33rd USCT Colonel Thomas W. Higginson - 51st Mass. Vols, Nov. 10, 1862; Resigned, Oct 27, 1864 William True Bennett - 102d U. S. C. T., Dec 18, 1864; Mustered out with regiment Lieutenant Colonel Liberty Billings James D. Strong Charles T. Trowbridge (Co. A) Major Henry A. Whitney (Co. K) Captain William H. Donilson (Donnelson) Niles G. Parker George Dolly William J. Randolph (Co. C) Miron Saxton Enoch W. Robbins Robert Hamilton (D) James L. Rogers (Co. F) Alexander Heasley (E) Wallace W. Sampson (Co. G) Charles W. Hooper Joseph H. Thibadeau (Co. D) Abraham W. Jackson John M Thompson (Co I) William James (Co. B) James H. Tonking Eli C. Merriam George D. Walker Levi W. Metcalf (Co. G) Nelson S. White First Lieutenant Henry A. Beach Wm. H. Hyde Luther M. Bingham James F. Johnston George B. Chamberlain James B. O'Neill Asa Childs James O'Niell Charles I. Davis Charles E. Parker (Co. B) (Co. E) George Wm. Dewhurst James Pomeroy Albert H. Ferrell Wm. Stockdale Jesse Fisher John A. Trowbridge (Co. A) Robert M. Gaston Chauncey B. Webster Frederick P. Goodrich James B. West Matthew T. Hall Ephraim P. White Edward W. Hyde Henry Wood Second Lieutenant Aaron B. Brown Robert W. Davis Wilber Earl Jerome T. Furman (killed at Wall Hollow Ga) Frank M. Gould Benjamin H. Manning John M. Searles Harry C. West Surgeon William B. Crandall Seth Rogers Assistant Surgeon John M. Hawks Thomas S. Minor Edward S. Stuard Chaplain James H. Fowler Africian-American Veterans of the Civil War - St. Johns County/St. Augustine, Florida - ROLL OF HONOR Methodology - Soldiers included in this roll are one in which I could identify the soldier saying that they were from St. Augustine or a pension record identified them as from St. Augustine. Unfortunately for most of these men before the war they were slaves and because of this their movements are difficult to track. If you were to include men who lived in St. Augustine at one time or another before the war you have a significant increase. In this regiment Liberty Billings made a trip to St. Augustine from Beaufort where he recruited about 100 soldiers for the 33rd only 29 are from his recruitment trip. The three regiments of the 33rd, 34th and the 21st USCT are regiments where St. Augustine can be found, but the whole story is still not know. 33 Regt., Company A (also known as 1st South Carolina Regiment) Corporal Stepney Fellins , Age 21, 5'8" dark blk curly St Aug Fl 15 Jan 63, St Augustine L Billings 3 yrs appt Corp'l June 20 th 1863 reduced to the ranks R L O No. 16 9 Feb 1864 Corporal Samuel Morant , Age 32 5'8" dark blk curly Nassau County Fla laborer 15 Jan 63 St Augustine L Billings 3 rs app'd ?Corp'l 28 April 1865 reduced to the ranks 5 Aug '65 Corporal Nathanies Jackson, died October 24, 1896 buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. Joseph Cryer (pension records) age 45, 5'3" dark blk curly St Mary's Georgia Porter 15 Jan '63 Lt Col Billings 3 years discharged May 14'63 for disability by order Maj Gen Rufus Saxton. Certificate of Disability for Discharge, Slave Marriage Ruling Bureau of Pensions George Van Ness Jr . 45, 5'4" dark blk curly St Aug Florida field hand 15 Jan 63 Lt Col L Billings 3 yrs Discharged March 3 63 for disability by order of Maj Gen Hunter Handy J Goud , age 40, St. Augustine, 5ft 3 in, dark, black, curly, mustered in 01/15/1863 St. Augustine, Billings. Albert (Alfred) Manuel , 23 5'4" dark blk curly St Augustine Fl field hand 15 Jan 63 St Augustine, L Billings, 3 yrs discharged for physical disability July 30 1864 by order Maj Genl Foster. Jeffrey Neriam (Nerriani), age 45, 5'9", dark, blk, curly, Florida laborer 15 Jan 63 St Augustine L Billings 3 yrs. discharged Sept 24 68 for Disability by order Maj Gen Gillmore Andrew Anderson, age 32, 5' 6" dark blk curly, St Augustine FL, 15 Jan 63, St Augustine, Lt Col L Billings, 3 yrs died Feb '63 at Camp Saxton in Reg Hosp of Congestion of lungs August Getters, age 40, St. Augustine, 5ft 3 in, dark, black, curly, mustered in 01/15/1863, St. Augustine, Billings, field hand. Discharged December 31, 1863 for disability by order of Major General Gillmore. Handy Growles, age 40 5'3" dark blk curly St Augustine FL butcher, 15 Jan 63 St Augustine C F Trowbridge 3 yrs discharged May 14, 63 for disability by order Maj Gen Hunter Deposition of Sally Growles for case of Hester Lancaster wife of Abram Lancaster, Barritt Delancy , Age 35 5'6" dark blk curly St Augustine Fl 15 Jan 63 St Augustine L Billings 3 yrs discharged for disability Jan 2 '64 by order Maj Gen Gillmore. Charles Panary , Age 26, 5'71/2 " dark blk curly St. Augustine FL 15 Jan 63 St Augustine L Billings 3 yrs discharged for disability 18 Jan 63 by order Maj Gen Hunter. Jack Manual , Age 45, 5'7" dark blk curly St Augustine FL 15 Jan 63 St Augustine L Billings 3 yrs discharged for physical disability 30 June 64 by order Maj Genl Foster George Vanness , Age 21, 5'8" dark blk curly St Aug Fl 15 Jan 63 St Aug L Billings 3 yrs John Harrison , Age 27 5'7" dark blk curly St Johns County Fla field hand 15 Jan 63 St Augustine Lt Col L Billings 3 yrs, discharged for physical disability by order Maj Gen Q A Gillmore Comdg Dept South 21 April 1865. Pompay McCloe, Age 40 5'8" dark blk curly St Johns County FL 19 Dec 62 St Simons by Trowbridge 3 yrs discharged for physical disability boy order Maj Genl Gillmore 21 April 1865. Charles Vanness - 22 5'7" light blk curly St John's County Fla 15 June '63 St Augustine L Billings 3 yrs James Williams - Age 29 5'8" dark blk curly St Augustine Fla 15 Jan 63 St Augustine L Billings 3 yrs discharged for physical disability by order Maj Genl Gillmore 25 April '65 William Wilson - 30 5'8" dark blk curly St Augustine Fla 15 Jan '63 St Augustine L Billings 3 years discharged for physical disability 21 April '65 Gabriel Meens - 19, 5 ft 5 in dark black curly, 1/15/1863 Bilings St. Augustine Samuel Morant, 32, 5 ft 8 in, dark curly 1/15/1863 Billings St. Augustine 33 Regt., Company B Sgt. David Hall - Age 36, 5' 10 1/2", dark blk blk St Augustine FL, laborer 14 Jan 63 Camp Saxton Wm James 3 yrs Appointed corporal 25 Aug 1863 promoted to Sarg't 1 Sept 1'64 (not free 19 Apr '61). Corporal Alexander Morran - Age 20 5'8" light blk blk St Aug laborer 12 Jan 63 Beaufort Wm James 3 yrs not free Martin Nateel 21 6'1" light blue blk St Augustine Fl laborer 14 Jan 63 Camp Saxton Capt Wm James 3 years wounded in foot in fight 21 Dec '64 near Pocaligo SC, discharged on surg cer of disability by order Genl Gillmore 8 May 65 (not free Apr 19/61) Corporal Cato Baley - Age 26 5'10" blk blk blk St Aug FL laborer 14 Jan '63 Camp Saxton Wm James 3 yrs, died November 20, 1901 and buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. General Affidavit for pension clam of Jane Floyd wife of Adam Floyd, Thomas Ponshot - Age16, 5'3 1/2" light blue blk St Augustine FL , waiter14 Jan '63 Beaufort Wm James 3 Thomas Hernandez (also Richardson) (also Hanandos) Age 20, 5' 10 1/2" blk blk blk St Augustine Florida black smith 14 Jan 63 Camp Saxton Wm James 3 yrs joined from des 24 Oct 63 confined in GH ;until 4 Nov 63 then restored to duty without trial per order Genl Saxton (not free Apr 19/61) Died November 24, 1915 buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. B. F. R & A. L. Claim, Deposition of Thomas Hernandez for Case of Hester Lancaster, widow of Abram Lancaster, William Hewlin - 52 5'2" light blue blk Batanzia Florida clerk 14 Jan 63 Camp Saxton . Buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. Wm James 3 yrs (not free 19 Apr '61) Sabe Nateel , Age 20, St. Augustine, 6ft, light, blue, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 in Beaufort by James. Not free April 19, 1861; discharged December 8, 1865 while in hospital in Hilton Head in compliance with General Order. Certificate of Disability, Family Circular, General Affidavit from Capt Wm. James Henry Groves 20, 5'10" light gray blk St Aug Fl , waiter 22 May 63 Beaufort Wm James 3 yrs not free April 19'61 discharged 8 Dec '65 in Genl Hosp Hilton Head 33 Regt., Company C Sgt Charles Herron - Age 22, St. Augustine, 5ft 11 in, light black, black. Mustered in January 22, 1863 in Beaufort by Randolph. Appointed Corporal June 16, 1865, promoted Sergeant October 26, 1865. 33 Regt., Company D 1st Sgt James Lang - 23 5'6" dark blk blk St Augustine Fla waiter 12 Jan 63 Camp Saxton Capt J H Thibadeau 3 yrs promoted from the ranks to be 1s Sgt 14 Jan '63 discharged for disability 31 Aug 65 at Charleston by order Maj Genl Q A Gillmore Corporal Philip Clement - 20 5'5" light blk blk St Augustine FL 12 Jan 63 Camp Saxton by Thibadeau 3 yrs appointed corporal July 14, 63 reduced to ranks for disobedience of orders 23 July 65, St. Augustine , Florida, about 23 when he died , Occupation: Waiter or servant , Works for: An Officer , Wife: Never had a wife , Father: George Clement dead , Mother: Sarah Parmenter , Brothers: None , Sisters: Mary Hampton. He enlisted at Camp Saxton SC January 12 1863 , Age at Enlistment: 20 . When he enlisted he was a farmer. Corporal Emannel Sanchez , 20 5'5" light blk blk St Augustine FL 12 Jan 63 Camp Saxton Thibadeau 3 yrs appointed corporal July 14, 63 reduced to ranks for disobedience of orders 23 July 65 Corporal James Sanches (pension records) Age 29 St. Augustine, 5ft 9in dark, black, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 Camp Saxton by Thibadeau. Appointed Corpl 1 April 1865 Corporal David Twine - Age 19, St. Augustine, 5ft 8in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863, Beaufort. by J. Thibadeau, Appointed Corporal December 01, 1863 Harrison Carrion - Age 17 5'8" blk blk blk St Augustine 12 Jan 63 Camp Saxon Thibadeau 3 yrs, Born in St. Augustine would later reside in Charleston, South Carolina Complexion: Brown , Occupation: Long Shore Man , Wife: Margaret, Daughter: Rebecca , Father: March , Mother: Rosa Lee dead , Sister: Victoria . He had enlisted at Enlisted at Camp Saxton SC 12 Jan 1863 , Age at Enlistment: 17 at the time of the Civil War war Occupation: Waiter. Musician. Philip Adams - born in St. Augustine, married to Elizabeth Adams, child Josephine Wilson, married He enlisted at Camp Saxton, Beaufort SC, January 12, 1864, occupation: cook, discharged July 13, 1864 for disability, age at enrollment - 56. 5ft 8 in black, black, black. Discharged for disability July 30, 1864 by Foster Philip Clemment - Age 20, St. Augustine, 5ft 5 in, light, black, black, Mustered in January 12, 1863 at Camp Saxton Appointed Corporal July 14, 1863; reduced for disobedience of orders July 23, 1865 Charles Fowler , Age 20, St. Augustine, 5ft 6in, mulatto, blue, black. Mustered in June 8, 1863 in Beaufort, by Samilson. Died April 6, 1917 and buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. Issac Johnson ,25 5'10" blk blk blk St Augustine FL farmer 19 Oct 62 at St Helena, Col T W Higginson George King (killed in Action) Age 18, St. Augustine, 5ft 7in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 in Beaufort. Killed in action near Pocotaligo December 20, 1865 John Lee (killed in Action) Age 32 5'10" dark blk blk St Augustine FL farmer Jan 63 Beaufort, Thibadeau, 3 yrs killed by a shell in action on James Island SC 2 July 64 Samuel Osborn Sr 45 5'10" blk blk blk St Aug Carpenter, 12 Jan 63 Beaufort Thibadeau 3 yrs. Died December 20, 1915 buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. . Samuel Osborn Jr. - Age 20, St. Augustine, 5ft 6 in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 in Beaufort by Thibadeau.. Buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. Died 3/31/1890 Morris Winlay Age 44 5'9" blk blk blk Washington NC farmer January 12, 1863 in Beaufort by J Thibadeau 3 yrs Discharged January 31, 1866, buried on the grounds of the Mission of Nombre de Dios. Documents listed Officers and Comrades List, Funeral Expenses, General Affidavit of Slave Marriage, Marriage License Joseph Williams Age 50 5'10" blk blk blk St Aug Fa wagoneer 12 Jan 63 Beaufort Thibadeau Drummer: Paul Wilson - Age 15, St. Augustine, 5ft 4in, black, black, black. Mustered in December 19, 1863 in Beaufort by Thibadeau. . Buried on the grounds of the Mission of Nombre de Dios 33 Regt., Co. E Fortune Simmons - Age 18, St. Augustine. 5ft 4in, dark, brown, black. Mustered in January 16, 1863 in Beaufort by Alex Neasly 3 yrs. Jacob Stewart - died March 4, 1925 buried St. Augustine National Cemetery. 33 Regt., Co. F Sgt Simon Sanches - Age 22, St. Augustine. 5ft 4.5 in, mulatto, gray, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 in St. Augustine by Billings. Corporal March 20, 1863; Sergeant October 1, 1863. Mustered out January 31, 1866. Marriage License - Simon Sanchez to Jane Johnson, General Affidavit of Marriage Jane Sanchez to John Cook, Adoption of Sanchez Children by Louis Whalley, Marriage License John Warren and Florence Sanchez Sgt Henry Davenboat , Age 39 5'11" dr br brown blk St Aug , waiter 6 Feb 63 St Augustine Lt Col Billings 3 yrs appointed Sergeant 10 Feb '63, reduced to rants 23 Nov '63 discharged for disability Savannah Ga 13 April '65 by order Maj Genl Q A Gillmore Sgt Abram Lancaster - 26 5' 8 1/4" lt br dr br blk St Aug Engineer 12 Jan 63 St Aug Lt Col Billings appointed corporal 1 Feb '63 appointed Sergt 17 Nov 65 R O No 106 2 Dec 64 Reduced to ranks Feb 65. Died July 20, 1904 buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. Military and Medical Record, Statement of Abram Lancaster, General Affidavit of Domingo Pappy, Statement of Domingo M Pappy May 13, 1893, Statement of Domingo M. Pappy Oct 21, 1893 General Affidavit of James Hill for Hester Lancaster, Marriage license for Abram Lancaster and Hester, Family Circular, Affidavit of Aurna Smith, Superintendent of Flagler Hospital, Surgeon's Certificate, Proof of Disability statement of Scipio Miller for Abram Lancaster, Deposition of Thomas Hernandez for Hester Lancaster , Deposition of Sally Growles for case of Hester Lancaster, General Affidavit of John Williams in support of Abram Lancaster, Deposition of Abram Lancaster, Deposition of Emma Johnson, Deposition of Thomas Williams, Deposition of Domingo Pappy, Deposition of George Lancaster, Deposition of Israel Farraber, Final Determination in the Widow's Pension of Hester Lancaster Sgt John Mills - Age 19, St. Augustine. 5ft 7in, brown, black, black. Mustered in November 12, 1862 in Beaufort by Garton. Sergeant November 12, 1862; reduced to ranks. Deserted August 04, 1863; died a deserter August 23, 1863 Coonsan Island, South Carolina, buried on Coonsan Island. Wife - Selina Mills on Little I care Mr Demett Supt Grantville Barber, Age 52, St. Augustine, 5ft 8.5 in, dark, dark, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 in St. Augustine by Billings. Discharged for disability April 14, 1865 James Hills - Age 18, St. Augustine. 5ft 4.5 in, brown, brown, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 in St. Augustine by L. Billings. Discharged for disability March 2, 1863. General Affidavit of James Hill in support of Hester Lancaster Richard McKinney - Age 20, St. Augustine. 5ft 7in, black, brown, black. Mustered in January 12, 1863 in St. Augustine by Billings. Field Hand. Benjamin Papina - Age 19 5 ' 4 1/2" dr br dr br blk St Augustine FL field hand 12 Jan 63 St Augustine Lt Col Billings 3 yrs dishonorably discharged the service with loss of all pay and allowances by sentence of GCM No 122 26 Nov 1865 William Papina - Age 20 5' 4 1/2 in dk br dk br blk St Aug Fla drover, 12 Jan 63 St Aug Billings 3yrs Alfred Brown 39, 5 ft 3 in dark dark black 12/03/1862 Higginson Moses Johnson , Age 21 5'1" dr br bk bk Augusta Georgia 12 Jan 63 St Augustine Col Billings 3 yrs Corporal 29 Nov 63 reduced to ranks No 42 27 April 64 Josiah Stripling - Age 28 5' bk bk bk Bullver GA barber 12 Jan 63 St Aug Lt Col Billings 3 yrs Drummer: John Williams - Age 15, St. Augustine. 4ft 10in, brown, brown, black., Waiter, Mustered in January 12, 1863, St. Augustine, by Billings General Affidavit of John Williams for Abram Lancaster 33 Regt., Co G Corporal Benjamin Martin - Age 19, St. Augustine. 5ft 7.5 in, black, black, black. Mustered in November 20, 1863 in South Carolina by Metcalf. Appointed Corporal December 6, 1862 Deposition of Benjamin Martin case of Scipio Miller. Corporal Andrew Murray (died in service) St. Augustine. 5ft 3in, black, black, black. Mustered in November 11, 1862 in South Carolina by Metcalf. Appointed Corporal November 17, 1862. September 11, 1863 in a party that attempted to sever the Rebel telegraph communication between Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia party was surprised and all captured except himself and another man he rejoined his company Corporal James Ash - Age 20, St. Augustine. 5ft 8in light, gray, black. Mustered in December 19, 1862, South Carolina by Metcalf. His occupation was carpenter. Appointed Corporal December 6, 1863. Mustered out March 31, 1866, Died November 10, 1920. Death Certificate, Marriage Certificate, and Family Information Robert Pollete (died in service) . Age 21, St. Johns County. 5ft 7in, black, black, black. Mustered in November 11, 1862 at Port Royal Island by Metcalf. Died March 29, 1863 at Jacksonville, Florida Marian Martin Edwan Hems - Age 18 5'7" light blk blk S Augustine Fl waiter, 9 June '63 L W Metcalf 3 yrs William Morris - Age 24 5'9" light brown blk St Aug cook 30 sep 63 Metcalf 3 yrs died 25 Feb 64 at Beaufort SC of typhoid fever(died in service) buried in Beaufort National Cemetery MORRIS, WILLIAM Section: 30 Grave #: 3078, Date of Interment: FEB 25 1865 , Rank - Regiment - Unit - Company: PVT USCT 33 CO G Receipt of Application for Pension for Family, Widow's Claim for Pension, Family Bible Record, Deposition of Frank Higgins, Deposition of Nancy Madison, Deposition of James Bythewood for Minors, Scipio Miller - Statement on Proof of Disability for Abram Lancaster, Declaration for Original Invalid Pension, Statement of John Welters, Surgeon's Certificate, Circular completed by Henry Harker, Circular Completed by Paul Anderson, Depostion of Benjamin Martin, John W Wellers alias for John Williams, St. Augustine (see pension of Abram Lancaster) Statement of John Welters in support of the pension of Scipio Miller. 33 Regt., Co I Sgt James White (died in service) Age 20 5' 4 1/2" nearly black blk blk St Aug waiter 15 Jan 63 Tinking 3 yrs appointed Sarg't Aug 1 '64 died in Gen Hospital at Charleston SC Nov 1865 (former slave of Fras. Laresa??> Clerk St Augustine Corporal Adam Floyd - Age 39, St. Augustine, 5ft 4.5 in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 15, 1863 in South Carolina by Tonking, former slave of Cecella Marle Appointed Corporal August 9, 1863. Buried at St. Augustine National Cemetery. Wife Jane Floyd died June 7, 1928 buried in same grave.Worked at Fort Marion under Col Bell. Declaration for Original Invalid Pension, General Affidavit of Adam Floyd, Deposition of Adam Floyd, Deposition of William Vandyke, Family Circular, , Deposition of Nathaniel Jackson, Summary for Adam Floyd Special Examiner, General Affidavit for Jane Floyd, Undertaker's Statement for Adam Floyd., Marriage License for Adam Floyd and Jane Gethers, Deposition of Daniel Mickler, Family Circular, General Affidavit of Cato Baley for Jane Floyd, Affidavit of Jane Floyd over Adam Floyd's first marriage, General Affidavit of Joshua Hagaman, Widow's Pension Award Sheet Corporal William Vandyke Age 17 5'8" yellow blk blk St Aug waiter, 15 Jan 63 yrs appointed Corp'l 3 April 63 (former slave of Mrs Domingo Lopez, St Augustine, Deposition of William Vandyke for Adam Floyd Corporal Bran Wilson - Age 46, St. Augustine. 6ft 1in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 15, 1863 in South Carolina by Tonking. Appointed Corporal April 4, 1863 Corporal Nathaniel Jackson -Unknown resided in Federal Point from 1859, moved to St. Augustine May 1861, Enrolled January 15, 1863 by Billings in St. Augustine, Mustered in January 31, 1863.in Beaufort after being pronounced fit by Dr. Hawks. Mustered out January 31, 1866 Folly Island, S. C .(In 1862 he worked for five months at Fort Marion under Col. Bell) He married Sallie Jackson February 14, 1864 in St. Augustine with Rev. J. W. Brinkerhoff officiating. Deposition of Nathaniel Jackson in support of Adam Floyd, (Marriage Certificate), (Burial Permit) Corporal John Robinson, died March 27, 1890 buried in St. Augustine National Cemetery. Joseph Mitchel - age 25, St Augustine. 5ft 6.5 in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 15, 1863 in South Carolina by Tonking, former slave of Core Dupont planter St. Johns River Domingo Stevens (died 1879 pension of Adam Floyd) William McKenna - Age 19, St. Augustine. 5ft 10in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 15, 1863 in South Carolina by Tonking Peter Parker Joseph Hammon - Age 23, St. Augustine. 5ft 4.5 in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 15, 1863, in South Carolina by Tonking. Discharged May 8, 1865 on Surgeons certificate of physical disability.(former slave of Virgil Dupont, planter St Johns Co FL). When troops moved from Beaufort to Savannah he was left behind and placed in charge of the men who were left in the hospital at Beaufort by Captain W. H. Donnelson. Moses Meunger - Age 20 5'7" blk blk blk Lotchmouth Co FL Teamster 15 Jan 63 Tonkey 3 yrs late slave of John Mollerson, St Augustine Fl Thomas Wallace Age 33 5' 4 1/2 " blk blk blk Dorchester Co SC lineman? 15 Jan 63, tonkiny 3 apr late slave of Core Dupont, Planter, St Augustine Fl. Inability Affidavit, Proof of Disability, Widow's Declaration for Pension Notary Statement, Bounty and wiitness for Mother of Richard Johns (Bounty), Redmande Lamkins Archie Hunter - Age 20, St. Augustine. 5ft 8 in, light, black, black. Mustered in June 17, 1863, South Carolina by Thompson James Robinson (died in service) - Age 22, St. Augustine. 5ft 5in, black, black, black. Mustered in January 15, 1863, in South Carolina by Tonking. Drowned while on duty in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina December 8, 1865. Drummer: Haywood Edward - Age 18, St. Augustine. 5ft 4in, dark brown, black. Mustered in July 27, 1863 in Beaufort by Danilson. Drummer: Henry White , Age 21 5'5" blk blk blk St Aug waiter 1 March 63 drummer from 1 Mar 63 33 Regt., Co K Corporal William Woods - Age 18, 5'1" dark blk blk St Aug Fla , waiter, 1 Nov 62, Hilton head by J H Fowler 3 yrs appointed Corp'l May 1st 1865 Charles Cyrus Age 19 5'5" dark blk blk St Aug brickmaster 1 Nov 52 Hilton Hd H A Whitney 3 yrs George Harris - Age 25 5'8" dark blk blk Wagioneer Nov 62 Hilton Head Whitney e years discharged Aug 14 1864 at Coles Islands S C by reason of physical disability Ben Parker - 40, St. Augustine, 3ft 6in brown, black, black, Whitney 1/12/1863 Information on Officers Brigadier General William True Bennett - (Oct. 1, 1836 - Mar. 10, 1910 ) Served in the Civil War mostly as an officer leading Union African-American soldiers. First commissioned as a Captain in the 1st United States Colored Troops, he gained advancement to Lieutenant Colonel of the 102nd USCT. After spending time as the Chief of staff for Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch, he was promoted to Colonel and commander of the 33rd USCT. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on May 25, 1865 for "meritorious services at the Battle of Honey Hill, Fla." After the War he became a well-known lecturer and world traveler. During the Spanish-American War he served as a Red Cross Field Agent. He is buried at Los Angles National Cemetery. (from Russ Dodge on Find a Grave) Captain Trowbridge. The brawn & health of an Englishman' a prize fighter by nature & an abolitionist by grace. Ideas and sentiments gradually superinduced on a course organization. Having commanded black troops earlier than any of the rest, and taken them at their lowest, he does not feel the respect for their personal feelings that we do, mimics their own dialect to them, calls them "boy," patronizes them & in general seems like a good natured overseer, who will resent every tyranny but his own. --A mason by trade & a "brick" himself; too ponderous to be quick, bur irresistible; as indomitable as a steam engine & as incapable of being hurried. Lived in Brooklyn N. Y. where he was, undoubtedly, foreman of a fire company, though I never heard anyone allude to it. (Higginson, War Journal) Captain James. An Englishman by birth, a Welshman by nature neat, prompt, faithful, choleric, accurate, thorough--mounting guard over his company like a lioness over her young; as incapable of caring for the rest of the regiment as Calhoun or Randolph for the rest of the Union, would go without his breakfast & see a whole army do the same, rather than that his worst drummer boy should have only half rations of sugar to his coffee. Always at sword's points with every other Captain; always in high favor with his Colonel & the Surgeon. His company the second best in the regiment because he thinks of it and labors for it every waking moment. (Higginson, War Journal) Captain Heasley, a Pennsylvanian & a thoroughly equable, invariable, and average man, one whom I always find in every emergency or non emergency in precisely the same place, whom I can scarcely conceive of ever blaming or praising. I have never perceived that it made the slightest difference in his aspect or intonation whether I sent him on some dangerous expedition or left him in camp to guard Knapsacks. His person has the same unobtrusiveness & neutral coloring with his mind; you would not notice him if he were in the same room with you. Yet there is nothing stolid or indifferent in all this, he is moderate even in his moderation. (Higginson, War Journal) Captain Whitney -- a tall slender young man with fair hair, mildish face, and character not quite formed; has inclinations after culture has Byron & a guitar, knows a few ladies & wishes to know more. I have never quite understood how he coped with his company, which is the only rough one in the regiment, made up of sailors & quartermaster's men. Yet he does it, very tolerably, and they did in Florida, the best fighting we have ever accomplished, though there is not a Floridian among them. (Higginson, War Journal) Captain Metcalf - the model captain of our model company; yet one can see in him only a quiet, good looking, gentlemanly young man, with an air of culture and refinement, which he acquired on a traveling confectioner's cart in Massachusetts. Where he got his secret of perfect and unerring success, I do not know--he has a first-lieutenant even superior to himself and his company is of better materials than any other. But these do not explain that universal superiority shown at every point--drill, discipline, equipments, sanitary arrangements, company writing--which all concede to Company G. It must lie largely in the Captain. (Higginson, War Journal) Captain Dolly - The antipodes of the last named; our one thoroughly rough diamond, a Maine lumberman, scarcely able to write his name, coarse, swearing, not without a tendency to drink; --yet a decided favorite of Dr. Rogers from the first glance, even to me, though strange to say, I never hear him swear. But there is a kernel of true and kind manhood below, and he is very faithful to his men in all essentials and they to him; though a neat & satisfactory company it will never be. (Higginson, War Journal) "Another Lieut. expressed the opinion to our rough and ready Capt. Dolly, that "these niggers" never would fight much. Dolly in his fearful way, said: "You damned fool; these soldiers have already fought more bravely than you ever will, you who have lived a couple of years on Uncle Sam without earning a cent for him." The Lieut. did not think it safe to reply. I fancy Dolly. He is a vandal, but generous and brave. His men love him and fear him. His orders are somewhat terse, when in battle. I happened to be standing by him when he gave the command, "Cease firing, but if they fire again give em hell." Seath Rogers, Letters At last the officer in charge of the gun, a hardy lumberman from Maine, got the stern of the vessel so far round that he obtained the range of the battery through the cabin windows, "but it would be necessary," he coolly added, on reporting to me this fact, "to shoot away the corner of the cabin." ...So I bade Captain Dolly blaze away, and thus we took our hand in the little game, though at a sacrifice. Higginson, Up the Edisto, Army Life in a Black Regiment. Captain William Randolph - William Randolph enlisted on August 31, 1861 at Lawrence County, PA as a 1st Sergeant. On August 31, 1861, he mustered into "F" Co. PA 100th Infantry. He was transferred out on September 10, 1862. On September 10, 1862 he transferred into US Army Signal Corps. He was discharged for promotion on January 1, 1863. On January 31, 1863 he was commissioned into "C" Co. US CT 33rd Infantry. He Resigned on 1/29/1864. He was promoted to Captain on September 10, 1862. Capt. as of January 31, 1863 (Co. C 33rd USCT Infantry). Randolph was born in North Sewickley, PA on Feb. 5, 1816. He died in May Day, Kansas on April 17, 1905. Our oldest Captain, with streaks of gray in his beard & of sincere fanaticism in his brain; a physician originally & a man of ideas & eloquence; could march on bayonets himself with a joy to eager for him to make his men march steadily with him. Too unmethodical to be efficient, too fussy to be thoroughly respected; a grandmother instead of a father to his men. He came out of the "Roundhead Regt." of Pennsylvania, but he dates back to the original Roundheads himself. In Jacksonville when a prisoner whom he had taken asserted that he was promised a trial by Capt. Randolph, the latter heard the claim with unfeigned amazement. " I promised him," quoth he "nothing, except the Day of Judgement & Periods of Damnation!" (Higginson, War Journal) Capt. Tonking. Pretty, precise, prim, priggish--an Englishman with all national attributes left out except an intense love of forms and neatness. His company alone wears white gloves at Dress Parade, & they are always spotless. Full of little punctillios, without an atom of tact, he drives his best men into insubordination by perpetual teasing. Perfectly courageous, but with a kind of coolness more irritating than any excitability. I have myself seen him, under fire, stop his mens firing an put them through the manual exercise in order to keep them cool. So utterly does he fail of his effects that his is the only company in which I should fear a panic. He has a few qualities which if they could be unscrewed & used separately would be inestimable. But he is a man of outsides. (Higginson, War Journal) Capt. Rogers. (Captain Rogers is the nephew of the Surgeon Seth Rogers) A great sunny force in the regiment, with his handsome young face, great dark eyes always rolling, great white teeth always smiling; enjoying every moment, revelling in his men as a girl in her paper dolls; the only Captain who can frolic with his men, ---who all adore him. Perfectly fearless, perfectly buoyant, almost boyish, he is a favorite everywhere. Sometimes he forgets or neglects duties, but it is always because preoccupied with some other duty. Accomplishes more every day & with less effort, than any other Captain. I have had a glimpse, but very seldom, of corresponding depths of depression and gloom. (Higginson, War Journal) Capt. Rogers performed a deed on the 8th ins't for which he will always rejoice. The causeway at the Ferry extends out into the river within about 150 yards of the one on the opposite shore. There is no spot on the river so thoroughly picketed by both parties, yet he went across at noon in a little "dug-out" and brought over two men who beckoned from the rebel causeway. They were fugitive slaves, who had walked a hundred miles from the interior and had not been discovered by the rebels. They are intelligent fellows and take on liberty as if naturally fitted for it. There was no occasion to suppose that these men were not sent down there to decoy one to destruction, and I regard the crossing in the face of an enemy, who, according to all rules of war, should have been hidden behind the bushes, as an exceedingly daring thing to do. Had I been present, as was the Colonel, I should have protested against it. As usual I find myself the most cautious man in the regiment. Now that it is done I am profoundly thankful but there was not more than one chance in two hundred for him to escape death or capture. (Dr. Seth Rogers, Diary) [Jacksonville] The presence of black soldiers infuriated the city's slaveholders. Captain Rogers met one of them when a soldier in his company told him that a Jacksonville resident owned one of the soldier's daughters, "and he would like to get her if possible. I had him pilot me to the house," Rogers wrote. "The lady was at home and before I had a chance to state my mission she said: "I know what you are after, you dirty Yank. You are after that nigger's girl. Well, she is safe beyond the lines where you can't get her. I expected you Yanks would want to steal her so I sent her off yesterday. You are too late." Rogers tried to explain the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation to the woman. "Well, you'll have to fight your way out there before you can get that wench,' she said. 'Is this your child?' I said as a flaxen haired boy came toward me. 'Yes, he is, and what of it?'" Rogers told one of his soldiers to take the boy to the guardhouse and keep him there until the girl returned...The next day the woman returned, bringing with her the soldier's daughter. "The soldier's heart was made glad, the white child was exchanged for the black one, and with another blast at the nasty Yankees the haughty 'lady' returned to her home. (Looby, Complete Civil War Journal, J. S. Rogers typescript , Dobak, Freedom by the Sword Capt Joseph H. Thibadeau - Our youngest Capt., and was our best lieutenant. Promotion almost spoiled him, because his ambition is intense & he has no patience; a Canadian Frenchman by birth, with all the excitability of his race, but in its most dangerous from a speechless irritability that locks itself inside. At every disappointment he shuts his lips & grows dogged. Incurs censure deliberately and refuses to defend himself. Of the most daring courage, but allows his men no rest, nor himself either, so that all he accomplishes is done with an immense expenditure of force. He never smiles in dealing with his men, rarely praises, is habitually sarcastic, & when exhausting himself on their part creates in them the impression of perfect indifference. Captain Alexander Easley enlisted on August 31, 1861 as a Corporal. On 8/31/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. PA 100th Infantry. He was discharged for promotion on January 31, 1863. He was then commissioned into "C" Co. US CT 33rd Infantry. He was Mustered Out on July 20, 1865. He was promoted to Capt. of Co. "C", 33rd USCT Infantry on January 31, 1863. He survived the war only to be killed by a bushwhacker in Augusta, Georgia, thirty days after he was mustered out, on August 30, 1865. He was 26 years old. Captain Robert Hamilton- enlisted on December 20, 1862 as a Captain. (He was recruiting soldiers as early as November 1, 1862.) On December 20, 1862, he was commissioned into "D" Co. US CT 33rd Infantry. He Resigned on January 9, 1863. Lieut. James O'Neil - informed me today that during the eight year in Texas Utah, and in the present war, he had never seen anything half so daring as our trip up the St. Mary's. He is one of our best officers and has seen much service. (Seth, Letters) Chaplain James Fowler - Our Chaplain is a great worker, and has a good influence over the soldiers. . . . Mr. Fowler, who was, not long ago at Cambridge. [James H. Fowler, an ordained Unitarian minister, was a dedicated abolitionist before the war. He was educated at Dartmouth and Harvard Divinity School. His brother, Thomas D. Fowler, also an ordained Unitarian minister, became chaplain to another United States Colored Infantry regiment (War Time Letters from Seth Rogers, MD) Our belligerent Chaplain is armed with a revolver on each side and a Ballard rifle on his back. He keeps so persistently on the advanced picket line that I could scarcely persuade him to conduct the funeral service of a poor fellow who was shot the other day. Today he got on the track of some cavalry and infantry, and was certain of surrounding and capturing them, if he could only get permission from the Colonel. His hatred of slavery is so intense that his prayers are of a nature to keep his powder dry. (Dr. Seth Rogers Diary) Chaplain Fowler is the connection between Higginson and Saxton's selection of Higginson. He writes in a letter that "General was well pleased with the suggestion and promised to write you at once. We hope you will appreciate the demands of the movement at this time and make the sacrifice whatever it may be....We have over 500 men in camp already, some of them already distinguished for immortal deeds....Rev. Mr. Billings formerly Unit Minister Concord & Chaplain of NH 7th is Lieut. Col. True to the Cause Dr. J. M. Hawks thorough and true antislavery of Manchester N. H. is Surgeon. They are anxious that you should come and be our leader. As for myself I should be sadly disappointed should anything keep you away.... (War Letters of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Vol 53) Dr. John Milton Hawks - My first assistant surgeon is Dr. Hawks [John Milton Hawks] of Manchester, N.H. He is a radical anti-slavery man, somewhat older than I, and has a large medical experience and in addition has been hospital surgeon at Beaufort during several months. He has been rigidly examined by three regimental surgeons from New England and they have given him a very flattering certificate of qualification. I consider myself fortunate in having a man so well fitted for the place. The men and officers like him and I fancy will take to him quite as much as to me. (War Time Letters from Seth Rogers, MD) After the war he would spend time in Florida where he would assist in the founding of Freemanville - Port Orange. Lieut. Colonel John D. Strong - At length a white soldier struck a black man, not of our regiment, and the poor fellow appealing to us, we wheeled our horses upon the rabble, and Major Strong [John D. Strong], with drawn sword pursued the offender, with the point of that instrument a little nearer the fellow's back than seemed wholesome. I have rarely seen one more thoroughly frightened. The effectiveness was magical, no more audible sneers. But wasn't it good to march our regiment proudly in front of those mansions where two years ago chivalry were plotting something as strange, but quite unlike. (War Time Letters from Seth Rogers, MD) Major Henry Augustus Whitney - He was enrolled at Beaufort, South Carolina on 13 October 1862 as a Captain in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers (later) the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, in which regiment he was promoted to Major in November 1864. He was born November 28,1841 in Phillips, Maine. He enlisted in August 15, 1861 in Wilton, Maine as a Musician in the 8th Regiment of Maine Volunteers. He had resided in Farmington, Maine prior to enlistment, and he had been a dental student. He was discharged from that service in July 1862, and was discharged after his second enlistment on 2 February 1866 at Charleston, S.C. He was six feet one inches in height, 140 pounds, with gray eyes, gray hair, and a medium complexion. Henry was married to Virginia Tiernan by Rector Putnam of St. Mark's Cathedral in Salt Lake City in March 20, 1889. He had not been previously married. He has two living children: Frank T.(?) Whitney, born November 22 1890; and Virginia Whitney, born June 20, 1897. He died on March 16, 1921 at the Soldiers' Home in California. Lieut Jerome Thurman - (from Susie King Taylor - Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1st S. C. Volunteers) The regiment remained in Augusta for thirty days, when it was ordered to Hamburg, S. C., and then on to Charleston. It was while on their march through the country, to the latter city, that they came in contact with the bushwhackers (as the rebels were called), who hid in the bushes and would shoot the Union boys every chance they got. Other times they would conceal themselves in the cars used to transfer our soldiers, and when our boys, worn out and tired, would fall asleep, these men would come out from their hiding places and cut their throats. Several of our men were killed in this way, but it could not be found out who was committing these murders until one night one of the rebels was caught in the act, trying to cut the throat of a sleeping soldier. He was put under guard, court-martialed, and shot at Wall Hollow. First Lieutenant Jerome T. Furman and a number of soldiers were killed by these South Carolina bushwhackers at Wall Hollow. After this man was shot, however, the regiment marched through unmolested to Charleston. Captain Alexander Heasley (Co. E) (from Susie King Taylor - Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1st S. C. Volunteers) - died in Augusta, Ga., where he was shot and killed by a Confederate. After his death Lieutenant Parker was made captain of the company, and was with us until the regiment was mustered out Captain John Trowbridge, brother of Capt. Charles Trowbridge, mustered into "F" Co. NY 1st Eng on December 11, 1861. He was discharged for promotion on October 13, 1862 at Fort Pulaski, GA. He was then commissioned into "A" Co. US CT 33rd Infantry. He Resigned on 11/29/1864 Promotions: * Corpl 1/15/1862 * 2nd Lieut 10/13/1862 (As of Co. A 33rd USCT Infantry). * 1st Lieut 1/1/1864 (Estimated date). [Source: Civil War Database] 1st Lieut Thomas Durham mustered into "F" co. NY 1st Eng on December 24, 1861. He Re-enlisted on March 1, 1864. He was Mustered Out on 6/30/1865 at Richmond, VA Promotions: * Corpl * Qtr Master Sergt 7/1/1863* Reg. Qtr Master Sergt 1/3/1865 * 2nd Lieut 1/18/1865 (As of Co. E) * 1st Lieut 2/16/1865 (As of Co. M). [Source: Civil War Database] Go to Page 2 |
| 33rd USCT or 1st South Carolina History St. Augustine Members Deo Patriae Tibi |
| Col. William True Bennett |
| Dr. Seth Rogers |
| Lieut Col. Charles T. Trowbridge |
| Lieut Col. James D. Strong |
| Captain Alexander Heasley |
| 1st Lieut. John Trowbridge |
| Unidentified soldiers 33rd USCT |
| Captain William James |
| Captain William Randolph |
| John Hawks, Assistant Surgeon |
| Smith Plantation Port Royal Home of the 33rd -1862-1863 |
| Smith Plantation Port Royal |
| Corporal Peter Waggall |
| Captain A. W. Jackson |
| Captain L. W. Metcaff |
| Captain Miron Saxton |
| Captain A. W. Heasley |
| Captain Charles Parker |
| Captain Sampson |
| Captain Walker |
| Major H. A. Whitney |
| Lieut J. B. West |