Boyer, Gabriel

Gabriel Boyer was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania around 1845 and served in the 41st United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. According to his service records, Boyer worked as a laborer before he joined Company C of the 41st USCT in West Chester, Pennsylvania on September 12, 1864. Hospital records indicate that Boyer arrived at Point of Rocks Hospital in Virginia in early February 1865 and died on March 4 from “acute dysentery.” (By Don Sailer)
    Full name
    Gabriel Boyer
    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: "Boyer, Gabriel," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/34056.