William Fields

Title

William Fields

Date

3 March 1887-4 November 1921

Description

Regiment: 34th United States Colored Troops
Company: D
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 24 March 1863 in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 28 February 1866 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States; Saint Simons, Brunswick, Georgia, United States; Darien, Georgia, United States; Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, United States; Morris Island, South Carolina, United States; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States; Jacksonville, Florida, United States; Johns Island, South Carolina, United States; Folly Island, South Carolina, United States; Magnolia Springs, Florida, United States; Honey Hill, South Carolina, United States; Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Comrades mentioned: Jack Burnett; Ishmael Williams; Albert Pritchard; Sam Polite; Solomon Chisholm

Edward Bennett

See Edward Bennett's Pension for testimony.

Brass Bryant

Shadwell Frazier

Name(s) of spouse(s): Emily Polite Fields
Children: John Fields; Rosa Fields

Veteran's birth date and place: ~1840-1842 in Parris Island, South Carolina, United States
Plantation: Parris Island; Cat Island
Enslaver: Thomas Fuller (1788-1862)

Parents of veteran: Hector and Minta Fields
Other listed family members: Not listed

Wife's place of birth: Not listed
Wife's enslaver: Not listed
Wife's parents: 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.