The Lost Black Legion

Black men from New Jersey fought in the Civil War and returned to their homes when their service ended. Veterans from other states settled in New Jersey after they were discharged. In the 1990s, attorney Samuel Asbell began his quest to identify Black soldiers and sailors who were buried in Camden County, New Jersey. He walked graveyards, consulted records, read community histories and consulted with academics and local historians. His complete manuscript is available online (click on the image above). The names of two men who served in the 1st U.S. Colored Cavalry are included in the Appendix I: Alphabetical Lists of Servicemen and/or Appendix VI: Chew’s Camden City Directory 1872: Robert Brown alias Isaiah Wright, Company L and Samuel C. Jubilee, Company K,