Carlisle in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2009

1. 54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry Marker

Inscription.
U.S. Colored Troops, 54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments and other Colored Civil War Soldiers buried here.

James Alexander; 127th Regt. Co. I ∙ L. James Bailey; 32nd Regt. Co. G ∙ John H. Barton; 7th Regt. Co. H ∙ J. (Gerry) D. Berry; 5th Mass. Cavalry, Co. G ∙ Alfred Bolden; 43rd Regt. Co. C ∙ Dennis Bush; 32nd Regt. Co. C ∙ William Cephas; 55th Mass. Regt. Co. D ∙ H. N. Cunningham; 8th Regt. Co. D ∙ John Cunningham; 22nd Regt. Co. D ∙ Rev. Benjamin Darks ∙ Alfred Day ∙ Daniel Fisher; 32nd Co. H ∙ George Fisher; 54th Mass. Regt. Co. H ∙ Charles J. Howard; 54th Mass. Regt. Co. I ∙ Robert B. Howard; 54th Mass. Regt. Co. H ∙ James Imes; 8th Regt. Co. E ∙ David Jackson; 43rd Regt. Co. I ∙ Edward Jackson; 39th Regt. Co. A ∙ George W. Jackson; 32nd Regt. Co. A ∙ William N. Johnson; 127th Regt. Co. B ∙ Samuel Kelley; 44th Regt. Co. G ∙ Henry King; 54th Mass. Regt. Co. H ∙ George Lane; 8th Regt. Co. E ∙ David McFarland; 22nd Regt. Co. B ∙ John McFarland; 22nd Regt. Co. B ∙ Samuel Newman ∙ Abram Parker; 25th Regt. Co. C ∙ Robert Alfred Parker; 24th Regt. Co. B ∙ John C. (G) Peck; 25th Regt. Co. I ∙ John Robinson; 32nd Regt. Co. A ∙ Harrison Smith;

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31st Regt. Co. B ∙ Henry W. Spradley; 24th Regt. Co. G ∙ Rev. Nathaniel Stubbs ∙ Jesse Talton; 31st Regt. Co. F ∙ Jesse G. Thompson; 32nd Regt. Co. A ∙ Alexander Washington; 127th Regt. Co. A ∙ George W. Washington; 5th Mass. Cavalry, Co. E ∙ James Welcome; 8th Regt. Co. E or Co. L ∙ James O. Williams; 5th Mass. Cavalry, Co. I and 54th Mass. Regt. Co. H

World War I
William Mason; 1st Enlistment P. ∙ William Strange; 24th Regt. Co. C ∙ Bryon L. Taylor; 31st Field Artillery, Battery E.

Erected by Carlisle's African American Community.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.

Location. 40° 12.369′ N, 77° 11.478′ W. Marker is in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County. Marker is along the trail in Memorial Park, about 200 NNW of the intersection of Penn and Pitt Streets. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Carlisle PA 17013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Lincoln Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Lincoln Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Jordan Gravestone (within

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2009

2. 54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry Marker

In foreground

shouting distance of this marker); Marianne Moore (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Union Fire Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); Vale-Himes Park Landmark Lines (approx. ¼ mile away); Health Through History (approx. 0.3 miles away); Dickinson’s Historic Triangle (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carlisle.

Also see . . .
1. Lincoln Cemetery Memorial Park. (Submitted on March 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. African American Civil War Memorial and Museum. (Submitted on March 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
3. 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. (Submitted on March 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

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Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2009

3. 54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry Burials

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 5, 2009

4. 54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry Burials

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 859 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on June 2, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 17, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.