McClellan, Samuel

Samuel McClellan was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania around 1844 and served in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. According to McClellan’s service records, he worked as a laborer before the conflict. In February 1864 McClellan joined Company F of the 32nd USCT in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. McClellan was sent to a hospital in early October 1864 and in late May 1865 was discharged from military service in Beaufort, South Carolina “on account of physical disability.” (By Don Sailer)
    Full name
    Samuel McClellan
    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
    Military
    Union Army
    How to Cite This Page: "McClellan, Samuel," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/34054.