Prosser, George T.

George T. Prosser was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania around 1842 and served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. According to his service records, Prosser was a laborer before the war. In March 1863 Prosser joined Company D of the 54th Massachusetts. By late May 1863 the War Department had transferred Prosser’s regiment to South Carolina. On July 18, 1863 Prosser was captured during the assault on Fort Wagner. After Confederates released Prosser on March 4, 1865 in North Carolina, he went to Camp Parole in Maryland. Prosser returned to this company in early June 1865, but his military service ended on August 20 while stationed in Charleston, South Carolina. After the war Prosser became a minister for the African Methodist Episcopal church. Prosser divorced Fannie Davis in 1870 and on October 1 of that year married Catherine Virginia Hall in Columbia, Pennsylvania. They had two children, Mary Jane Grant and John Thomas. Prosser died in 1904 and was buried in Cemetery No. 2 in Lexington, Kentucky. (By Don Sailer)
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    George T. Prosser
    Place of Birth
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    Estimated
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    Gender
    Male
    Race
    Black
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    2
    No. of Children
    2
    Family
    Fannie Davis (first wife), Catherine Virginia Hall (second wife), Mary Jane Grant (daughter), John Thomas (son)
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    Military
    Clergy
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    Other Occupation
    Laborer
    Relation to Slavery
    Free black
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Methodist
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "Prosser, George T.," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/34025.