Information pertaining to the WNY African American Civil War soldiers in the databases below was located on Ancestry.com, Civil War Database and other Civil War websites. The basic information on the 54th MA Colored Infantry soldiers is from a database produced by Thomas L. Doughton titled “New York Men in Massachusetts Colored Infantry Units.” The research, databases, and this section of the website was produced by Lynn Lombardo, BSC History Department, Masters Student.
NYS Military Museum and Veterans Research Center, Civil War Colored Troops United with New York Soldiers and Officers: http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/other/coloredTroops/coloredTroopsMain.htm
-
African American Civil War Soldiers Enlisted from Western New York in MA 54th Infantry
Monroe Fordham Regional History Center
-
African American Civil War Soldiers Enlisted in Central and Western New York
Monroe Fordham Regional History Center
-
African American Soldiers, Grand Army of the Republic, Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery
Monroe Fordham Regional History Center
-
Forest Lawn Commemoration Plaque for African American Soldiers of the American Civil War
Monroe Fordham Regional History Center
