John Clemens
Name: John Clemens
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 43rd USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: n/a
Place of Birth/Residence: Williamsport, Washington County, MD
Enlistment Date: 05/04/1864
Company: I
Slave at Enlistment?: No
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Harrisburg, PA; Deserted 7/1/1864 - Apprehended 7/31/1864; Appointed drummer 8/11/1864; Enlisted as a substitute for Morris T. of Clearfield, PA
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; 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].
