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Henry W. Dorsey

Name: Henry W. Dorsey

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 4th USCT Inf.

Race: African American

Owner's Name: n/a

Place of Birth/Residence: Hagerstown, Washington County, MD

Enlistment Date: n/a

Company: D

Slave at Enlistment?: No

Rank at End of Service: Private

Notes:

According to Service Records, he was born in Williamsport; Suffered gunshot wound to left thigh


Source(s):

Roger Keller, Roster of Civil War Soldiers from Washington County, Maryland (Clearfield Co.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1998); National Archives, Washington, DC, Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com; 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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