Henry Bruce MSA SC 5496-050571

Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Henry Bruce (b. circa 1830 - d. 1916)
MSA SC 5496-050571
Enlisted with Company D, 39^th Regiment, USCT, in Montgomery County, 1864

Sources:

Archival Sources -

ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Roll Record), 1863-1865, Colored, [MSA S343-5].

ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), 1864-1865, Slaves mustered into U.S. Colored Troops [MSA Citation: MSA S936-51]. Henry Bruce, Montgomery County, Folder No. 50.

BOARD OF HEALTH, (Death Record, Counties), 05/1901, [MSA S1178-825]. Amanda Ellen Bruce, May 25, 1901, Frederick County.

BOARD OF HEALTH, (Death Record, Counties), 09/1904, [MSA S1178-1742]. Maria Bruce, September 12, 1904, Frederick County.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS, (Death Record, Counties), 09/1916, [MSA S1179-1758]. Henry Bruce, September 25, 1916, Frederick County.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, (Assessment Record, Slaves), 1853-1864, [MSA C1112-1]. Slaveholder: William Groomes, Page 81.

Montgomery County District 1, Simon J. Martenet, Martenet and Bond's Map of Montgomery County, 1865, Library of Congress, MSA SC 1213-1-464. Huntingfield Map Collection.

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William Grooms, Slaves, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 8, Line 21 [MSA SM61-239, M 7230-2].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for William Groomes, 1860, Montgomery County, District 1, Page 33, Line 21 [MSA SM61-213, M 7223-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Henry Bruce, 1880, Frederick County, District 87, Page 13, Line 6 [MSA SM61-318, M 4746-1].

U.S. Veteran's Schedule (Census Record, MD) for Henry Bruce, 1890, Frederick County, Jefferson District, Page 1, Line 3 [MSA SM61-359, M 28-6].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Henry Bruce, 1900, Frederick County, Urbana, District 15, Page 5, Line 21 [MSA SM61-409, M 2383-1].

U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD) for Henry Bruce, 1910, Frederick County, Buckeystown, District 47, Page 14, Line 98 [MSA SM61-448, M 3267-2].

Newspapers -

"The Fight before Petersburg: Thirty Ninth United States Colored Troops -- List of Killed, Wounded and Missing." Baltimore Sun 6 August 1864: 1. Baltimore Sun Historical Archive. Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Books -

Risley, Ford. The Civil War: Primary Documents on Events From 1860 to 1865. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.

Schmutz, John F. The Battle of the Crater: A Complete History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2009.

Slotkin, Richard. No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864. New York, NY: Random House, 2009.

Wilmer, L. Allison, J. H. Jarrett, and Geo. W. F. Vernon. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-65. Vol. 2. Baltimore, MD: Guggenheimer, Weil & Co., 1899.

Windom, William. Synopsis of Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws, Vol. 23. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1891.

Internet Sources -

"39th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry." Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm.

"African Americans at Petersburg." Petersburg National Battlefield. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/archive/pete/mahan/eduhistafam.html.

"The Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864." Petersburg National Battlefield. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/hh/13/hh13f.htm.

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