Charles H. Parker, who served for about twelve months in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War, was born in Virginia in 1847. Whether he was enslaved or free is unknown, but at some point he moved to central Pennsylvania. In December 1864, he enlisted in Company F of the 3rd USCT Regiment in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. While serving with the 3rd USCT in Florida, Parker was shot and later became sick with typhoid and pneumonia. After he was discharged, Parker married Sarah Butler on November 7, 1867. They lived in Flora Dale, located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and had at least four children. Parker died in July 1876 at age 29. While originally buried at Yellow Hill Cemetery near Biglerville, he was reinterred in 1936 at the National Cemetery in Gettysburg. (By Don Sailer)
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Full name
Charles H. Parker
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Estimated
Death Date Certainty
Estimated
Gender
Male
Race
Black
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
4
Family
Sarah Butler Parker (wife, 1867), Mary Jane Parker (daughter), William Parker (son), Harriet Parker (daughter), Elmer Parker
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
Slave or Former Slave
Military
Union Army
