Watson, Enoch

Enoch Watson was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania around 1841 and served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. According to his service records, Watson worked as a laborer before he joined Company F of the 22nd USCT in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on December 23, 1863. Officers promoted him to corporal on April 29, 1864 and to Sergeant on May 10. While fighting at Chapins Farm, Virginia on September 30, 1864, Watson was wounded. In April 1865 Watson received a twenty day furlough. “My mother is dangerously ill and without means [and] my wife,” as Watson explained. His military service ended on October 16, 1865 while stationed at Brownsville, Texas. (By Don Sailer)
    Full name
    Enoch Watson
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Estimated
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    Black
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    Occupation
    Military
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Laborer
    Relation to Slavery
    Free black
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