The Abram name
"Now these are the generations of Te'rah: Te'rah begat
Abram"
Genesis 11:27 ... "Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew
thee: Genesis 12: 1
Custom
Mariah and Abram "jumped over the broom" as
slaves. Legally there was no binding marriage among slaves. Men were urged
to take wives, or mates, from among the women on the estate, provided a
suitable companion could be found. (Journal of Negro History, Volume III
(number 3) Slavery in Kentucky) Place: Bowling Green, Warren County, KY
Me Myself:
Enlisted: July 5th 109th Regiment Infantry Company H Organized in Louisville, Kentucky. Attached to 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, District of Kentucky
NARA Film #: M589 roll 43
Service: 1864
- Civil War Service: NARA film#m589 ROLL 43
United States Colored Troops:
- 1864 Jul 5 Service in 109 Regiment Infantry attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, District of Kentucky
- 1864 Oct Joined Army of the Potomac before Petersburg and Richmond, VA.
Active at Deep Bottom and in trenches.
- 1864 Dec 10 Active at Fort Harrison
- 1865 Jan. 23 : Active at Fort Harrison
- 1865 Mar. 28 - Apr. 9: Participated in the Appomattox Campaign
- 1865 Mar. 29 - Mar 31: On Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run
- 1865 Apr. 2: At fall of Petersburg
- 1865 Apr. 9: Duty in Appomattox Court House at surrender of Lee and his army.
- 1865 May 25: Embarked for Indianola TX
- 1865 Jun 25: Arrived at Indianola, TX for duty there and on the Rio Grand
- 1866 Mar 21: Mustered out.
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