Compiled for the African Americans in Boone County Project sponsored by Preservation Kentucky. Accounts from Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. Printed by Authority of the Legislature of Kentucky. Volume II: 1861-1866. Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867. Also, compiled from All U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865.
Compiler's Note These are possibilities for Boone County African Americans in the Civil War. The book lists everyone who enlisted at Covington – I have chosen those whose last names are familiar in Boone County. This doesn’t mean they actually were from Boone County, but it is possible. The 117th Regiment was traveling through Boone County & sent men in to recruit, so those are the most likely, but men were running away throughout the war & could easily have become a recruit in another regiment. I put asterisks on those names that matched exactly with names in the 1880 or 1866 tax assessments. It is not so odd that very few do because several of these regiments did not muster out until 1866/1867 and since many blacks in general left Boone County after the war, it shouldn’t be too surprising that a good number of these soldiers also left. The 117th mustered out in TX, so some of them may have stayed down there – the other regiments may have also mustered out elsewhere.
Legend: (*) Exact name shows up in either the 1866 tax assessment or the 1880 tax assessment (#) Exact name shows up in Rising Sun, IN, 1870 census
1st U.S.C. Heavy Artillery
3rd U.S.C. Heavy Artillery
5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry
Co. C, 4th U.S.C. Infantry
Co. L, 5th U.S.C. Cavalry (p. 10)
6th U.S.C. Heavy Artillery
8th U.S.C. Infantry
11th U.S.C. Infantry
12th U.S.C. Infantry
12th U.S.C. Heavy Artillery
15th U.S.C. Infantry
16th U.S.C. Infantry
18th U.S.C Infantry
23rd U.S.C. Infantry
27th U.S.C. Infantry
28th U.S.C. Infantry
29th Connecticutt Volunteer Infantry
40th U.S.C. Infantry
42nd U.S.C. Infantry
50th U.S.C. Infantry
Co. A, 107th U.S.C. Infantry (p. 28)
Co. B, 107th (p. 28 - 29)
Co. D, 107th (p. 30)
Co. H, 107th (p. 34)
Co. B, 108th U.S.C. Infantry (p. 37)
Co. I, 108th U.S.C. Infantry (p. 43)
Co. D, 109th U.S.C. Infantry (p. 47)
Co. A, 117th U.S.C. Infantry (p. 77-78)
Co. C, 117th (p. 79)
Co. D, 117th (p.79-80)
Co. E, 117th (p. 80)
Co. F, 117th (p. 81)
Co. G, 117th (p. 81)
Co. A, 118th U.S.C. Infantry (p. 84)
Co. E, 122nd U.S.C. Infantry (p. 106)
Co. H, 122nd (p. 108)
Co. F, 124th U.S.C. Infantry (p. 125)
Co. G, 124th (p. 126)