Genealogy Projects tagged with 19th USCT on the Geni Family Tree

Camp Stanton, August 1863-March 1864 . Benedict, Charles County,Maryland

Nearby stood Camp Stanton, a Civil War-era recruiting and training post for African American Union soldiers. Named for Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, the camp was established in August 1863. Although black soldiers had served in the nation’s armed forces since the Revolutionary War, they were barred from the U.S. Army during the Civil War until President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation...