Gibson, Samuel

Samuel Gibson served in Company C of the 8th United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. While at the Battle of Olustee on February 20, 1864 in Florida, Gibson was wounded and sent to a hospital in Beaufort, South Carolina. Gibson returned to his company in March, but in November 1864 he left his regiment after he got sick. He remained in a hospital for the rest of his military service. (By Don Sailer)
    Full name
    Samuel Gibson
    Birth Date Certainty
    Estimated
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    Black
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    Occupation
    Military
    Relation to Slavery
    Free black
    Military
    Union Army
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