George W. Fisher
Name: George W. Fisher
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 2nd USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: Washington C. Snively
Place of Birth/Residence: Eakle's Mill, Washington County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Company: I
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Baltimore, MD
Source(s):
Roger Keller, Roster of Civil War Soldiers from Washington County, Maryland (Clearfield Co.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1998), 98; United States Census Bureau, “1890 Special Schedule – Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc.,” [database on-line], Ancestry.com; U.S. Adjutant General, Maryland Slave Claims Commission, "Register of Claims, 1864-1867," Number 1145, Record Group 94, Entry 350, National Archives, Washington, DC (digital copy online at Maryland State Archives, MSA-SC-4678); 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].
