Willis Sebastian

Title

Willis Sebastian

Aliases

Surname Variation: Slack Edward W; William Sebastian

Date

22 March 1869-23 May 1917

Description

Regiment: 56 United States Colored Infantry; Teamster Quartermaster Department United States; 40 Regiment United States Colored Infantry; 66 Regiment United States Colored Troops
Company: A; G
Rank: Civilian Teamster; Private
Mustered-in date and place: 15 June 1863 at Pilot Knob, Missouri, United States
Mustered-out date and place:15 March 1864 at Schofield Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Pilot Knob, Iron County, Missouri, United States; Patterson, Wayne County, Missouri, United States; Leasburg, Crawford County, Missouri, United States; Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, United States; Ironton, Iron County, Missouri, United States; Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States; Schoefield Barracks, Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States; Pacific, Franklin County, Missouri, United States; Franklin, Franklin County, Missouri, United States; Pocahontas, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States
Comrades mentioned: Captain Jack; Aaron; Captain George R. Dyer; General Ewing; Colonel Lindsay; Captain S.H. Moer; Lieutnant Bradley; Henry Caldwell; Alvin Caldwell; Doctor Short; Willis Cole

Name(s) of spouse(s): Delia Sebastian
Children: Not listed

Veteran's birth date and place: Farmington, Saint Francois County, Missouri, United States
Plantation(s): Not listed
Enslaver(s): James Caldwell; William Sebastian

Parents of veteran: Not listed
Other listed family members: Henry Caldwell (brother); Alvin Caldwell (brother)

Wife's place of birth: Fredericks Town, Madison County, Missouri, United States
Wife's enslaver: Not listed
Wife's other family members: Not listed

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Records Administration

Type

Document

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Coverage

United States of America

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.