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Caleb Bright

Birth
Lincoln, Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Dec 1924 (aged 86–87)
Lincoln, Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Aged 27 years enlisted at Camp Nelson KY. September 19, 1864 with Co. H. 5th US Colored Troops Cavalry as Private mustered out at Helena Arkansas March 16, 1866.

May of possibly served as principal Musician for 116th US Colored Troops Infantry enlisted June 28, 1864 but this regiment is unconfirmed.

he applied for his pension on September 20, 1888 as invalid from the state of KY app# 672,730 his pension does not state he served with the 116th Infantry.

LINCOLN COUNTY CIVIL WAR VETERANS GRAVES
by David Gambrel
Greenwood Cemetery - Listed on Veterans' Grave Census as Buffalo Springs Colored
Caleb Bright
Co. H, 5th USCC
Aged 27 years enlisted at Camp Nelson KY. September 19, 1864 with Co. H. 5th US Colored Troops Cavalry as Private mustered out at Helena Arkansas March 16, 1866.

May of possibly served as principal Musician for 116th US Colored Troops Infantry enlisted June 28, 1864 but this regiment is unconfirmed.

he applied for his pension on September 20, 1888 as invalid from the state of KY app# 672,730 his pension does not state he served with the 116th Infantry.

LINCOLN COUNTY CIVIL WAR VETERANS GRAVES
by David Gambrel
Greenwood Cemetery - Listed on Veterans' Grave Census as Buffalo Springs Colored
Caleb Bright
Co. H, 5th USCC

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