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African Americans Credited to Vermont

Dalton, Cornelius M., Born: Burlington, VT
enl 12/20/1858, LNDS, USN, for 3 years, New York, Mulatto, civilian occ. - steward, height 5"4' (resided, 1860, Lynn, Mass.)

Dalton, David, Born: Burlington, VT
enl 1/27/64, LNDS, USN, for 1 year, disch 2/27/65, New York, Mulatto, civilian occ. - barber, height 5"4'; mustered on vessel Magnolia 5/25/64, 7/1/64, 10/1/64 and 1/1/65

Davis, John F., Born: Middlebury, VT
enl 7/24/61, LNDS, USN, for 3 years, Boston, Negro, civilian occ. - cook, height: 5"6"; Vessels: Vincennes, mustered 4/1/63, 7/1/63, 10/1/63, 1/1/64, 7/1/64, 10/1/64

Duvall, Charles A., Born: Northfield, VT
enl 2/20/65, LNDS, USN, for 3 years, Boston, mulatto, civilian occ. - cook & engine driver, height: 5' 9", Vessels: Paul Jones, mustered 4/10/65; dsrtd 4/9/66.

Gomes, Joseph, Born: Vermont
enl 9/9/61, LNDS, USN, for 3 years, New Bedford, Mulatto, no occupation listed, height: 5"8'

Hyland, William, Born: Arlington, VT
enl 11/6/61, 3 years, LNDS, New York, USN, Mulatto, civilian occ. - barber, height: 5"5' Vessels: Santiago de Cuba, musters 1/1/63, 4/1/63, 6/30/63, 10/1/63

Lanson, Rodman S., Born: St. Albans, VT
enl 5/15/61 for 3 years, LNDS, , USN, New York, Negro, no occupation listed, height: 5"10', nfr (resided, 1891, NY, NY, waiter)

Williams, Lyman, Born: Norfolk, VA
enl 12/64, LNDS, Mulatto, dsrtd 9/20/64, Vessels: Miami, Malvern

Williams, Patrick, Born: Vermont
enl 11/14/63 for 3 years, LNDS, USN, Baltimore, Mulatto, no occupation listed, height: 5"5'; Vessels: Cornubia, musters 9/30/64

Williams, Walter P., Born: Sandy Hill, VT
enl 8/4/63, New Bedford, for 1 year, Ordinary Seaman, USN, New Bedford, Negro, no occupation listed, height: 5"6'; Vessels: Queen, musters 8/25/63, 9/30/63, 12/5/63, 5/5/64.

Wood, Joseph, Born: Woodbury, VT
enl 11/4/61 for 3 years, as LNDS, USN, New York, Mulatto, no occupation listed, height 5"5'; Vessels: Santiago de Cuba, musters: 1/1/63, 4/1/63, 6/30/63, 10/1/63, Vessels: Cornubia, mustered 6/30/64, 12/31/64.

Woodbeck, Alonzo, Born: St. Albans, VT
enl, Boston, 12/1/62 LNDS, USN, Mulatto, civilian occ. - cook, height 5"10'; Vessels: Minnesota, musters 1/1/63, 3/31/63, 6/30/63, 9/30/63, 12/31/63 (resided, 1860, Charlestown, MA)

The above are credited to Vermont in the National Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.

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