Linwood Cemetery Civil War Monument Colchester
Ten African-American men from Colchester, Connecticut served in the Civil War.
Seven of them are buried in Colchester.
Two of the seven men are buried in the Colchester Burying Ground.
Five of the men are buried in Linwood Cemetery, two in the Soldiers’ Plot in the northwest corner of
the cemetery, while the three other men are buried in the southwestern part of the main cemetery.
In addition, two of the men, George Evans and Sanford E. Stewart, have their names inscribed on
the west side of the Civil War Statue/Monument on the Colchester Town Green. African-American soldiers in Linwood Cemetery
Area #1: Soldiers’ Plot in northwest corner (an arc of 31 military gravestones):
Sanford E. Stewart enlisted on January 23, 1864, in Company C, of the 30th Colored Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry which was combined with the 31st U.S. Army Colored Infantry Regiment in May 1864. He was wounded on July 30, 1864, with a severe wound in his right leg. The leg was amputated, resulting in a disease of the heart and causing him to be mustered out on August 15, 1864. Sanford Stewart died at a Regimental Hospital on October 12, 1864.
Lyman Hyde joined the U.S. on August 10, 1863, as a seaman assigned to the USS Grand Gulf which was decommissioned on November 10, 1865. He also served on the USS North Carolina. His discharge date is unknown. He died on May 23, 1894, and died as a veteran.
Area #2: Southwest section of the main cemetery Augustus I. Ransom enlisted in Company D, 29th Colored Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on December 16, 1863, and was discharged on October 24, 1865. He died on May 10, 1881.
Sherry Jackson enlisted on January 4, 1864, in Company B, of the 30th Colored Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on January 4, 1864. In May 1864, this company was combined with the 31st U.S. Army Colored Infantry Regiment. He did garrison duty in Brownsville, Texas, at the end of the war, and mustered out on November 7, 1865. He died on September 9, 1885
Charles Quash enlisted on August 24, 1863, along with his older cousin Elias Apes in Providence, Rhode Island on August 24, 1863, as a Private in the Rhode Island 14th Regiment, Heavy Artillery, Company B (Colored). The 14th Regiment was remanded to the 11th United States Heavy Artillery (Colored) in April of 1864, mustering out on October 2, 1865. He died on Nov. 30, 1922, and his name is inscribed on the back side of the family obelisk.
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