Frederick Mapp
Private Company D 10th U.S. Colored Infantry
DESCRIPTION:
Age 17 Height: 5 feet 3 inches Complexion: Black
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Place of Birth: Locustville, Accomack County, VA
Occupation: Farmer
ENLISTMENT:
When: October 30, 1863
Where: Craney Island, Portsmouth, VA
By Whom: Col. J. A. Nelson Term: 3 Years
Mustered-In: November 18, 1863 at Craney Island, Portsmouth, VA
REMARKS:
Mustered-out May 17, 1866 at Galveston, TX
SERVICE INFORMATION (Summary):
On May 10, 1866, on behalf of Frederick Mapp, Company D 10th U.S. Colored Infantry Captain Marshall Montgomery, submitted a furlough request for 15 days. Captain Montgomery states that Frederick Mapp has not had a furlough since his enlistment on October 30, 1863. He also states that Frederick Mapp has been “a good soldier”.
10th Regiment Infantry (http://civilwararchive.com/unioncol.htm)
Organized in Virginia November 18, 1863. Attached to Drummondtown [Accomack County], Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, December, 1863, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, 18th Corps, Army James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to July, 1864. Unattached, 18th Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, January, 1865. Attached Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, to June, 1865. Dept. of Texas to May, 1866. SERVICE.--Camp near Craney Island until January 12, 1864. Moved to Drummondtown, eastern shore of Virginia, and duty there until April. At Yorktown, Va., until May. Butler's operations on [the] south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4 to June 15. Capture of Fort Powhatan May 5. Wilson's Wharf May 24 (Detachment). At Fort Powhatan until July 6. On Bermuda front in operations against Petersburg and Richmond until August 27. At City Point, Va., until April 2, 1865. Moved to Bermuda Hundred, thence to Richmond April 2-3. Return to City Point April 6, and duty there until June 1. Moved to Texas, and duty at various points on the Rio Grande until May, 1866. Mustered out May 17, 1866.
GENEALOGY: Other than William’s Civil War service records, I could not find any information concerning him in the US Census, Virginia Marriage/Birth/Death records or any other records.
