Corporal CATO BAILEY, Co. B, 33rd Regiment USCI
Cato Bailey was born to a slave family c. 1830 near St. Augustine, Florida in Duval County. In the early 1860's, after spending the first 30 years of his life working as a slave and with the War Between the State raging and with Union troops nearby, Cato Bailey escaped the plantation he was a slave on and volunteered to serve in the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers U.S. (Later known as the 33rd USCI). Cato was such a good soldier that at some point during the war Cato Bailey was promoted to the rank of Corporal.
After the war came to a close, Cato worked as a laborer, including a drayman in Saint Augustine. Corporal Cato Bailey died on November __, 1901 and his mortal remains were laid in the Saint Augustine National Cemetery.
The 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Colored) U.S. was assembled in Beaufort County, South Carolina, in the latter half of 1862 and was the first regiment of African Americans to be mustered in the service United States Army during the Civil War. The enlisted men were, for the most part, escaped slaves from South Carolina, Florida ad Georgia. However, a number of free black men, primarily from Florida, served in the regiment as well. The officers were, for the most part, from regiments which were also serving in the Beaufort County area, including the 8th Maine, the 100th Pennsylvania, the New York Engineers and the 51st Massachusetts, the unit the commanding officer of the 1st SC, Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Minister and Abolitionist, came from.
The men of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored) U.S. were mustered into the service of the U.S. army on January 31, 1863. The regiment spent most of the war serving on various expeditions, skirmishing and doing garrison duty along the South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida coast. In February of 1864, the 1st South Carolina's designation was changed, much to the chagrin of the men of the 1st, to the 33rd Regiment of United States Colored Troops (USCT), as they had been the first black regiment to be mustered into the service and felt they should carry the 1st designation. In the latter half of 1864, the 33rd served in the operations against Charleston, South Carolina, serving on James Island, Folly Island and Morris Island and all along the South Carolina coast. After Charleston was wrested from the hands of the Confederacy in February 1865, the 33rd served as part of the city's Union garrison. The men of the 1st SC/33rd USCT were mustered out of service on January 31, 1866 near Charleston harbor, near the graves of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his men, members of the 54th Massachusetts, who were killed during the assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston harbor, who were memorialized in the motion picture "Glory."
Cato Bailey was born to a slave family c. 1830 near St. Augustine, Florida in Duval County. In the early 1860's, after spending the first 30 years of his life working as a slave and with the War Between the State raging and with Union troops nearby, Cato Bailey escaped the plantation he was a slave on and volunteered to serve in the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers U.S. (Later known as the 33rd USCI). Cato was such a good soldier that at some point during the war Cato Bailey was promoted to the rank of Corporal.
After the war came to a close, Cato worked as a laborer, including a drayman in Saint Augustine. Corporal Cato Bailey died on November __, 1901 and his mortal remains were laid in the Saint Augustine National Cemetery.
The 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Colored) U.S. was assembled in Beaufort County, South Carolina, in the latter half of 1862 and was the first regiment of African Americans to be mustered in the service United States Army during the Civil War. The enlisted men were, for the most part, escaped slaves from South Carolina, Florida ad Georgia. However, a number of free black men, primarily from Florida, served in the regiment as well. The officers were, for the most part, from regiments which were also serving in the Beaufort County area, including the 8th Maine, the 100th Pennsylvania, the New York Engineers and the 51st Massachusetts, the unit the commanding officer of the 1st SC, Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Minister and Abolitionist, came from.
The men of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored) U.S. were mustered into the service of the U.S. army on January 31, 1863. The regiment spent most of the war serving on various expeditions, skirmishing and doing garrison duty along the South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida coast. In February of 1864, the 1st South Carolina's designation was changed, much to the chagrin of the men of the 1st, to the 33rd Regiment of United States Colored Troops (USCT), as they had been the first black regiment to be mustered into the service and felt they should carry the 1st designation. In the latter half of 1864, the 33rd served in the operations against Charleston, South Carolina, serving on James Island, Folly Island and Morris Island and all along the South Carolina coast. After Charleston was wrested from the hands of the Confederacy in February 1865, the 33rd served as part of the city's Union garrison. The men of the 1st SC/33rd USCT were mustered out of service on January 31, 1866 near Charleston harbor, near the graves of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his men, members of the 54th Massachusetts, who were killed during the assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston harbor, who were memorialized in the motion picture "Glory."
Corporal CATO BAILEY, Co. B, 33rd Regiment USCI
Cato Bailey was born to a slave family c. 1830 near St. Augustine, Florida in Duval County. In the early 1860's, after spending the first 30 years of his life working as a slave and with the War Between the State raging and with Union troops nearby, Cato Bailey escaped the plantation he was a slave on and volunteered to serve in the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers U.S. (Later known as the 33rd USCI). Cato was such a good soldier that at some point during the war Cato Bailey was promoted to the rank of Corporal.
After the war came to a close, Cato worked as a laborer, including a drayman in Saint Augustine. Corporal Cato Bailey died on November __, 1901 and his mortal remains were laid in the Saint Augustine National Cemetery.
The 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Colored) U.S. was assembled in Beaufort County, South Carolina, in the latter half of 1862 and was the first regiment of African Americans to be mustered in the service United States Army during the Civil War. The enlisted men were, for the most part, escaped slaves from South Carolina, Florida ad Georgia. However, a number of free black men, primarily from Florida, served in the regiment as well. The officers were, for the most part, from regiments which were also serving in the Beaufort County area, including the 8th Maine, the 100th Pennsylvania, the New York Engineers and the 51st Massachusetts, the unit the commanding officer of the 1st SC, Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Minister and Abolitionist, came from.
The men of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored) U.S. were mustered into the service of the U.S. army on January 31, 1863. The regiment spent most of the war serving on various expeditions, skirmishing and doing garrison duty along the South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida coast. In February of 1864, the 1st South Carolina's designation was changed, much to the chagrin of the men of the 1st, to the 33rd Regiment of United States Colored Troops (USCT), as they had been the first black regiment to be mustered into the service and felt they should carry the 1st designation. In the latter half of 1864, the 33rd served in the operations against Charleston, South Carolina, serving on James Island, Folly Island and Morris Island and all along the South Carolina coast. After Charleston was wrested from the hands of the Confederacy in February 1865, the 33rd served as part of the city's Union garrison. The men of the 1st SC/33rd USCT were mustered out of service on January 31, 1866 near Charleston harbor, near the graves of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his men, members of the 54th Massachusetts, who were killed during the assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston harbor, who were memorialized in the motion picture "Glory."
Cato Bailey was born to a slave family c. 1830 near St. Augustine, Florida in Duval County. In the early 1860's, after spending the first 30 years of his life working as a slave and with the War Between the State raging and with Union troops nearby, Cato Bailey escaped the plantation he was a slave on and volunteered to serve in the 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers U.S. (Later known as the 33rd USCI). Cato was such a good soldier that at some point during the war Cato Bailey was promoted to the rank of Corporal.
After the war came to a close, Cato worked as a laborer, including a drayman in Saint Augustine. Corporal Cato Bailey died on November __, 1901 and his mortal remains were laid in the Saint Augustine National Cemetery.
The 1st Regiment of South Carolina Volunteer Infantry (Colored) U.S. was assembled in Beaufort County, South Carolina, in the latter half of 1862 and was the first regiment of African Americans to be mustered in the service United States Army during the Civil War. The enlisted men were, for the most part, escaped slaves from South Carolina, Florida ad Georgia. However, a number of free black men, primarily from Florida, served in the regiment as well. The officers were, for the most part, from regiments which were also serving in the Beaufort County area, including the 8th Maine, the 100th Pennsylvania, the New York Engineers and the 51st Massachusetts, the unit the commanding officer of the 1st SC, Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Minister and Abolitionist, came from.
The men of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Colored) U.S. were mustered into the service of the U.S. army on January 31, 1863. The regiment spent most of the war serving on various expeditions, skirmishing and doing garrison duty along the South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida coast. In February of 1864, the 1st South Carolina's designation was changed, much to the chagrin of the men of the 1st, to the 33rd Regiment of United States Colored Troops (USCT), as they had been the first black regiment to be mustered into the service and felt they should carry the 1st designation. In the latter half of 1864, the 33rd served in the operations against Charleston, South Carolina, serving on James Island, Folly Island and Morris Island and all along the South Carolina coast. After Charleston was wrested from the hands of the Confederacy in February 1865, the 33rd served as part of the city's Union garrison. The men of the 1st SC/33rd USCT were mustered out of service on January 31, 1866 near Charleston harbor, near the graves of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his men, members of the 54th Massachusetts, who were killed during the assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston harbor, who were memorialized in the motion picture "Glory."
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Corporal; Co B, 33 USCI
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