Parker, Charles H.

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)
Life Span
to
    Full name
    Charles H. Parker
    Place of Birth
    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
    How to Cite This Page: "Parker, Charles H.," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/32486.