Decatur Dorsey
Name: Decatur Dorsey
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 39th U.S. Colored Infantry
Race: African American
Owner's Name: Edward Rider Jr.
Place of Birth/Residence: New London, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 03/22/1864
Company: B
Slave at Enlistment?: Yes
Rank at End of Service: Sergeant
Notes:
Listed as "Cato or Decatur Dorsey" by Edward Rider Jr.; Mustered in as a Private in Baltimore on 3/26/1864; Received a Medal of Honor for his service at Petersburg, VA on 7/30/1864 - the accompanying citation reads: "Planted his colors on the Confederate works in advance of his regiment, and when the regiment was driven back to the Union works he carried the colors there and bravely rallied the men."
Source(s):
Medal of Honor Recipients, U.S. Army Center of Military History, www.history.army.mil; U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com
