Updated May 16th 2000

BRITISH NORTH AMERICANS (CANADIANS) IN 102nd USCT

1st Michigan Coloured Infantry

  1. Coy E Allen John Home Canada AAE 40 DLE 27 Sept. 1864 Pontiac

  2. Coy C Anderson James Home Canada AAE 22 DLE 28 July 1864 Detroit

  3. Coy B Artis Mathew Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 27 DLE 7 Oct. 1863 Calvin Note #1

  4. Coy A Bailey James Home Canada West AAE 18 DLE 31 Aug. 1864 Detroit TLDD Died 19 November 1864 Cemetery Union Military ‘coloured section’ Beaufort SC

  5. Coy G Black William Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 43 DLE 31 Dec. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  6. Coy A Blackburn Benjamin Home Canada AAE 26 DLE 21 Sept. 1863 Detroit

  7. Coy I Boswell James Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 44 DLE 29 Jan. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  8. Coy U Boswell John Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 22 DLE 9 Nov. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  9. Coy A Bowles William Home Canada AAE 30 DLE 3 Aug. 1864 Unknown

  10. Coy A Boyd -or- Boyer John Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 41 DLE 17 Jan. 1865 Detroit Note #1

  11. Coy G Brodie Isaac Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 23 DLE 23 Dec. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  12. Coy A Brooks Benjamin Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 19 Rnk Pvt. Corp. DLE 26 Dec. 1863 Lansing Bio Note #1

  13. Coy D Brooks Jonathan Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 18 DLE 2 Sept. 1864 Forester Note #1

  14. Coy C Brooks Kincheon Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 32 DLE 3 Nov. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  15. Coy U Brown Charles Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 24 DLE 22 July 1864 Detroit Note #1

  16. Coy B Brown George Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 25 DLE 15 Feb 1865 Buchanan Other Info Could be George Brown Coy K AAE 44 Enlisted in Detroit on 22 Jan. 1864 Note #1

  17. Coy H Brown John B. Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 24 DLE 2 Jan. 1864 Hudson Note #1

  18. Coy A Cartee -or- Carter Frank Home Canada AAE 19 DLE 14 Sept. 1864 Pontiac

  19. Coy U Casby -or- Cosby -or- Crosby Lafayette Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 26 DLE 10 Apr. 1865 Ogden Note #1

  20. Coy K Cooper Stephen Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 34 DLE 14 Jan. 1864 York Note #1

  21. Coy U Craig Prince Albert Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 19 DLE 1 Oct. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  22. Coy K Crockett David Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 28 DLE 12 Sept. 1864 Lansing Note #1

  23. Coy C Crockett Eli Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 37 DLE 10 Feb. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  24. Coy I Crosby Bateman Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 38 DLE 17 March 1865 Detroit Note #1

  25. Coy U Dabney Johnson H. Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 19 DLE 25 Aug. 1864 Pontiac Note #1

  26. Coy C Dangerfield -or- Dengerfield Edward Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 18 DLE 14 Oct. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  27. Coy F Davis Delos Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 20 DLE 11 Dec. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  28. Coy I Derry Landon Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 36 DLE 20 Jan. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  29. Coy K Doleman William Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 33 DLE 14 Jan. 1864 York Note #1

  30. Coy H Doo Elijah Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 19 DLE 20 Aug. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  31. Coy C Dudley Ambrose Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 40 DLE 10 Feb. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  32. Coy A Dudley Robert Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 30 DLE 8 Oct. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  33. Coy B Dungie John Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 30 DLE 7 Oct. 1863 Calvin Note #1

  34. Coy I Givins -or- Givens Thomas Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 19 DLE 22 Jan. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  35. Coy G Hammond Charles Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 18 DLE 14 Sept. 1864 Jackson Note #1

  36. Coy E Haney -or- Hancey Charles Home Canada AAE 19 DLE 2 Aug. 1864 Unknown

  37. Coy H Henderson George W. Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 17 DLE 30 Dec. 1863 Emmett Note #1

  38. Coy U Henderson Hiram Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 25 DLE 2 Feb. 1864 Salem Note #1

  39. Coy A Henson James Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 18 DLE 22 October 1863 Detroit Other Info He had the unfortunate circumstance of being sentenced by General Court Martial to forfeit nearly all his pay $10.00 per month and to be held in confinement for the term of his service probably three years. Note #1

  40. Coy A Holland John Home Canada AAE 20 DLE 23 Sept. 1863 Detroit

  41. Coy U Jackson Abraham Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 18 DLE 16 Aug. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  42. Coy B Jackson Andrew Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 24 DLE ? Detroit Note #1

  43. Coy K Jackson Henry Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 42 DLE ? Detroit Note #1

  44. Coy G Jacobs George Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 19 DLE ? Plymouth Note #1

  45. Coy A Johnson Henry Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 28 DLE ? Detroit Other Info Could be Johnson Henry Coy B Detroit AAE 34 Note #1

  46. Coy I Johnson William Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 27 DLE ? Detroit Other Info Could be William Coy E Detroit 45 -or- William Coy E Hudson AAE 18 -or- William Coy I Kalamazoo AAE 23 Note #1

  47. Coy I Jones Stephen Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 45 DLE ? Augusta Note #1

  48. Coy E Kidd Pleasant Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 20 DLE 2 Mar. 1865 Jackson Note #1

  49. Coy A King Solomon Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 20 DLE 9 Oct. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  50. Coy B Lightfoot Samuel Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 21 DLE 19 Oct. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  51. Coy H Lucas Noah Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 22 DLE ? Overisal Note #1

  52. Coy K Montgomery Caleb Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 18 DLE 10 Nov. 1864 Pontiac Note #1

  53. Coy D Montgomery Joseph Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 25 DLE 18 Feb. 1865 Detroit Note #1

  54. Coy D Moore Charles Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 25 DLE 17 Nov. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  55. Coy D Moore George Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 22 DLE 16 Nov. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  56. Coy B Patterson Samuel Home Malden Canada West AAE 21 Rnk 1st Sgt. DLE 22 Oct. 1863 Kalamazoo Other Info He died of typhoid A blacksmith by trade TLDD DofD 11 October 1864 Beaufort SC Cemetery Union Military ‘coloured section’ Beaufort SC

  57. Coy K Poole -or- Poll Alexander Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 23 DLE 14 Oct. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  58. Coy K Poole -or- Poll Marvin Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 21 DLE 14 Oct. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  59. Coy K Rann Lorenzo Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 22 DLE 22 Aug. 1864 Seneca Note #1

  60. Coy F Robinson Thaddeus Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 18 DLE 15 Dec. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  61. Coy K Scipio Peter Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 18 DLE 22 Aug. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  62. Coy G Scott Alexander Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 36 DLE Dec. 1863 Ypsilanti Note #1

  63. Coy F Shorter Lloyd Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 25 DLE 17 Dec. 1863 Detroit Note #1

  64. Coy D Simons William H. Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 18 DLE 18 Nov. 1863 Calvin Note #1

  65. Coy I Smith Abram Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 44 DLE 22 Dec. 1864 Pontiac Note #1

  66. Coy B Taylor Frank Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 30 DLE 16 Aug. 1864 Monroe Note #1

  67. Coy G Taylor Isaac -or- Jesse Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 30 DLE 5 Jan. 1865 Grand Rapids Note #1

  68. Coy B Thomas William Home Canada AAE 20 DLE 16 September 1864 Detroit discharged DLD 16 June 1865 Other Info He was paid a $100.00 bounty. A farmer by trade He was discharged probably on account of disability

  69. Coy K Vincent Andrew Home Buxton/Elgin Settlement in Raleigh Twp Kent Co. Canada AAE 22 DLE 28 Jan. 1864 Detroit Note #1

  70. Coy F Vincent -or- Vincin George Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 22 DLE 24 Feb. 1865 Berrien Note #1

  71. Coy A Wheeler William Home Kent Co. (Chatham Dresden etc.) Canada AAE 43 DLE Pontiac Note #1

  72. Coy G Wilson John Home Essex Co. (Windsor-Amherstburg area) Canada AAE 33 DLE Ypsilanti Other Info Could be Wilson John Coy I Detroit AAE 31 Note #1

    Note #1 These names where sent to me by GREGORY S. BRANCH. Many Thank You's to him for this list and the information on his ancestors. If you have more info for him on Benjamin & Kincheon Brooks he can be contacted at gsb2@tir.com

Coy = Company
AAE = Age At Enlistment
DLB = Date, Location of Birth
DLE = Date, Location of Enlistment
DLD = Date, Location of Discharge
DLD = Date, Location of Death
DofD = Died of Disease
CMH = CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR

If you know of any other British North Americans (Canadians)please advise me.


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