Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1894 File Unit: Consolidated File for Sergeant William H. Carney, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colored) Item: Letter from William Carney to General Fred C. Ainsworth, 5/25/1900
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Carney, William H., 1840-1908
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William Harvey Carney was born as a slave in Norfolk, Virginia, on February 29, 1840. How he made his way to freedom is not certain. According to most accounts, he escaped through the Underground Railroad, and joined his father in Massachusetts. Other members of their family were freed by purchase or by the death of their master. Carney joined the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in March 1863 as a sergeant. He took part in the July 18, 1863, assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South C...
Ainsworth, Fred C. (Fred Crayton), 1852-1934
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Ainsworth was born in Woodstock, Vermont on September 11, 1852. In 1874 he received his medical degree from the University of the City of New York (now New York University). In December 1874 Ainsworth joined the Army Medical Corps as an Assistant Surgeon. He served initially in Arkansas and the Southwest United States, and was promoted to surgeon with the rank of captain in November 1879. In 1885 he was appointed recorder of the Army Medical Examining Board. His talents as an administrator re...
