CHERRY GROVE CEMETERY
CHERRY GROVE CEMETERY
CHERRY GROVE CEMETERY
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio
UNITED STATES COLORED CIVIL WAR VETERANS
Researched by
Ms. Madaline Norris, Trotwood, Ohio
and
Bennie J. McRae, Jr.
| Name | Unit | Date Organized | Location | Mustered Out |
| Allen, John | Co C, 15th USCI | 2 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 7 April 1866 |
| Banks, Rich D. | Co B, 12th USCHA | 15 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 24 April 1866 |
| Battles, Andrew | Co F, 44th USCI | 7 April 1864 | Chattanooga, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Battles, Samuel | Co K, 44th USCI | 7 April 1864 | Chattanooga, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Binam, Charles | Co E, 5th USCHA | 7 August 1863 | Vicksburg, MS | 20 May 1866 |
| Birney, James | Co H, 116th USCI | 6 June 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 17 January 1867 |
| Bizzell, Abner | Co K, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Bizzell, William | Co K, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Booker, Prince W. | Co A, 12th USCHA | 15 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 24 April 1866 |
| Bowen, Alfred | Co F, 100th USCI | 3 May 1864 | Kentucky | 26 December 1865 |
| Brown, Benjamin | Co A, 27th USCI | 15 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Brown, R. D. | Co G, 5th USCI | 6 August 1863 | Camp Delaware, OH | 20 September 1865 |
| Bushon, Samuel | Co D, 117th USCI | 18 July 1864 | Covington, KY | 10 August 1867 |
| Cannon, Robert | Co B, 27th USCI | 15 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Clay, Henry | Co A 5th USCI | 6 August 1863 | Camp Delaware, OH | 20 September 1865 |
| Clifton, John | Co E, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Coleman, Jordan | Co H, 123rd USCI | 2 December 1864 | Louisville, KY | 16 October 1865 |
| Craig, Joseph | Co F, 5th USCI | 6 August 1863 | Camp Delaware, OH | 20 September 1865 |
| Fields, Samuel | Co F, 114th USCI | 4 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 7 April 1867 |
| Gates, Edward | Co B, 21st USCI | 19 June 1863 | Hilton Head, SC | 25 April 1866 |
| Gilbert, Anderson | Co K, 118th USCI | 19 October 1864 | Baltimore, MD | 6 Fedruary 1866 |
| Gilbert, Douglas | Co B, 107th USCI | 3 May 1864 | Louisville, KY | 22 November 1866 |
| Glass, Edward | Co B, 100th USCI | 3 May 1864 | Kentucky (Location Unkn) | 26 December 1865 |
| Goodler, C. H. | Co H, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Haley, Henry | Co B, 114th USCI | 4 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 2 April 1867 |
| Harris, John | Co A, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Hickenbothern, Peter | Co F, 13th USCHA | 23 June 1865 | Camp Nelson, KY | 18 November 1865 |
| Hill, Gideon | Co C, 27th USCI | 16 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Holden, Nathaniel | Co F, 117th USCI | 18 June 1864 | Covington, KY | 10 August 1867 |
| Houston, Issac | Co E, 27th USCI | 16 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Hunter, George | Co D, 114th USCI | 4 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 2 April 1867 |
| Irvin, Jonis | Co B, 116th USCI | 6 June 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 17 January 1867 |
| James, Henry | Co H, 100th USCI | 3 May 1864 | Kentucky(Location Unkn) | 26 December 1865 |
| Jinkins, Anthony | Co A, 5th USCHA | 7 August 1863 | Vicksburg, MS | 20 May 1866 |
| Jones, Eli | Co B, 5th USCI | 6 August 1863 | Camp Delaware, OH | 20 September 1865 |
| Kelley, Henry (Sgt) | Co E, 44th USCI | 7 April 1864 | Chattanooga, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Kendricks, Albert | Co ?, 3rd USCI | 3 August 1863 | Philadelphia, PA | 31 October 1865 |
| Leach, Robert | Co F, 23rd USCI | 23 November 1863 | Camp Casey, VA | 30 November 1865 |
| Merritt, F. | Co E, 27th USCI | 16 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Munson, Issac | Co A, 27th USCI | 16 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Manley, Elisha | Co E, 5th USCHA | 7 August 1863 | Vicksburg, MS | 20 May 1866 |
| Martin, Hartwell | Co C, 12th USCI | 24 July 1863 | Tennessee (At Large) | 16 January 1866 |
| Moore, Levie | Co F, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Nichols, Charles E. | Co D, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Page, Charles | Co H, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Payne, George (CPL) | Co I, 117th USCI | 18 July 1864 | Covington, Ky | 10 August 1867 |
| Payne, James | Co I, 117th USCI | 18 July 1864 | Covington, KY | 10 August 1867 |
| Payne, James H. (QMSgt) | Co G, 27th USCI | 16 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Pendleton, Matthew | Co G, 100th USCI | 3 May 1864 | Kentucky (Location Unkn) | 26 December 1865 |
| Powell, David | Co D, 114th USCI | 4 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 2 April 1867 |
| Price, Cyrus | Co G, 5th USCHA | 7 August 1863 | Vicksburg, MS | 20 May 1866 |
| Reed, Charles H. | Co G, 28th Kentucky | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Rhoads, Daniel | Co H, 123rd USCI | 2 December 1864 | Louisville, KY | 8 Febreuary 1866 |
| Robinson, Anderson | Co K, 117th USCI | 18 July 1864 | Covington, KY | 10 August 1867 |
| Robinson, Thomas H. | Co H, R.I.H.A. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Robinson, Thomas H. | Co K, 11th USCHA | 28 August 1863 | Providence, RI | 2 October 1865 |
| Robinson, William | Co C, 17th USCI | 12 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 28 April 1866 |
| Rooks, James | Co E, 2nd USCC | 22 December 1863 | Fort Monroe, VA | 12 February 1866 |
| Scott, James | Co K, 5th USCHA | 7 August 1863 | Vicksburg, MS | 20 May 1866 |
| Smith, S. E. | Co E, 5th USCI | 6 August 1863 | Camp Delaware, OH | 20 September 1865 |
| Stephens, Edward D. | Co B, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Stewart, William | Co B, 5th USCI | 6 August 1863 | Camp Delaware, OH | 20 September 1865 |
| Swisher, Moses | Co D, USCHA | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Taylor, Humphry (Sgt) | Co D, 12th USCHA | 15 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 24 April 1866 |
| Tuppence, Harry | Co C, 16th USCI | 4 December 1863 | Nashville, TN | 30 April 1866 |
| Underwood, Thomas | Co C, 114th USCI | 4 July 1864 | Camp Nelson, KY | 2 April 1867 |
| Washington, George | Co G, 27th USCI | 16 January 1864 | Camp Delaware, OH | 21 September 1865 |
| Williams, Charles | Unkn, 117th USCI | 18 July 1864 | Covington, KY | 10 August 1867 |
| Young, William | Co E, 78th USCI | 4 September 1863 | Port Hudson, LA | 6 January 1866 |
The following regiments were redesignated after implementation of General Order No. 143, authorizing the formation of the Bureau of United States Colored Troops on 22 May 1863. NOTE: The other regiments were organized and mustered in with United States Colored Troops designations.
| Unit | Organized as |
| 5th USCHA | 9th Louisiana Volunteers (African Descent) |
| 5th USCI | 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| 21st USCI | 3rd and 4th South Carolina Volunteers |
| 11th USCHA | 14th Rhode Island Colored Heavy Artillery |
| 78th USCI | 6th Louisiana Infantry, Corps d'Afrique |
REFERENCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. A COMPENDIUM OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, Volume III. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Gladstone, William A. UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS 1863 - 1867. Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1990.
Norris, Madaline Jones. "Civil War Veterans 1861-1865." GREENE COUNTY OHIO CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS, Volume VIII XENIA. The Greene County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Xenia, Ohio, 1987. pp. Cherry Grove Cemetery 39-40.
Ohio Adjutant General's Office. OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE STATE OF OHIO IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-1866. Akron: The Werner Company, 1893.
Wilson, Joseph T. THE BLACK PHALANX: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65. Hartford, CT.: American Publishing Company, 1890 (copyright 1968 by Arno Press, Inc. Reprinted by Ayer company Publishers, Inc., 1992.)
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