Compiled Military Service Record of Colonel John C. Black, 37th Illinois Infantry Regiment

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Compiled Military Service Record of Colonel John C. Black, 37th Illinois Infantry Regiment

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SNAC Resource ID: 11623232

National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Black, John Charles, 1839-1915

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John Charles Black was born in Lexington, Mississippi, on January 27, 1839, and moved to Danville, Illinois, in 1847. His father was a minister of the Presbyterian Church. Black attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, and became a lawyer. On April 14, 1861, Black (along with his brother, William P. Black) entered the Union Army as a private in the 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment on April 14, 1861. He became sergeant major on April 25, 1861. After three months of service,...