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Thomas Carmichael (b. 1831 - d. 1916)
MSA SC 3520-5996
USCT Soldier, Kent County, Maryland

Sources:

Archival Sources -

COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY (Bounty Rolls) 1864-1880. Volunteers. Thomas Carmichael. Reel: SR 4438. [MSA SM183-1]. Page 163.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Counties) Kent County, Dates: 1910-1951. [S1179]. Thomas Carmichael. December 23, 1916. Certificate Number 22778.

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Charter Record) 1869-1984. Articles of Incorporation of Charles Sumner Post No. 25 Grand Army of the Republic. Film: CR 8727. Pages 81-82. MSA CM648.

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Deeds) 1842-1883. Liber J.K.H no. 7. Folio 255. 1868. Carmichael G.W. Thomas of Jacob Toomy et ux. August 9, 1867. July 31, 1868. 

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage License Index Record) 1895-1915 Liber: S.G.F. No. 1. Folio 26. Issuing date 27 August 1904. actual marriage date 28 August 1909.

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Marriage Record) Marriage between George B. Carmichael and Hattie A. Johnson. 1865-1888. Folio 46-47. MdHR 12-090.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (U.S. Colored Troops Pension File Collection) [MSA SC 4126] Thomas Carmichael. Box 29. Folder 567.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1850. "Alphonsa Sheppard." Kent County, Maryland. The Second Election District. Page 215B. Line 3. SCM 1498-2. MSA SM61-141.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1860. "Thomas Carmichael." Kent County, Maryland. Chestertown. Page 177. Line 16. SCM 7222-2. MSA SM61-212.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1870. "Thomas Carmichael." Kent County, Maryland. Chestertown. 4th Election District. Page 10. Line 5. SCM 7255. MSA SM61-274.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1880. "Thos. Carmichael." Kent County, Maryland. Chestertown. Enumeration District 52. Page 30. Line 47. SCM 4748-1. MSA SM61-323.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1910. "George W.T. Carmichael." Kent County, Maryland. Chestertown. District 4. Precinct 1. Enumeration District 55. Sheet 6B. Line 66. SCM 3269-1. MSA SM61-453.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU (Census Record, MD) 1910. "Alfonza Carmichael." Kent County, Maryland. Chestertown. District 4. 2nd Precinct. Enumeration District 56. Sheet 1A. Line 39. SCM 3269-1. MSA SM61-453.

Newspapers and Journals -

Obscure Civil War Battle Fought on John’s Island. Bo Peterson. July 10, 2010. The Post and Courier.

Books -

Fuke, Richard Paul. Imperfect Equality: African American and the confines of white racial attitudes in post-emancipation Maryland. New York: Fordham University Press.

Gannon, Barbara. notes on Roster of the G.A.R., Department of Maryland, 1882-1929. Library of Congress. compiled 2000. Kent County Arts Council.

Hynson, Jerry M. Maryland Freedom Papers, Vol. 2. Kent County (Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1997), 38. Record for Thomas Carmichael, born free and raised in Kent County. Received his papers, by help from Anna M. LeEarle, on May 22, 1855 at age 24.

Shaffer, Donald R.  After the Glory: the Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2004.

Smith, John David. “Let Us Be Grateful That We have Colored Troops That Will Fight,” in John David Smith, ed., Black Soldiers in Blue: African-American Troops in Civil War Era (University of North Carolina Press, 2002).

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.

Internet Sources -

Ancestry.com. 1900. United States Federal Census. "Thos Carmichael." Kent County, Maryland. 4th District. Chestertown. Line 36. Enumeration District 51. Sheet 9. Page 127A. 

Ancestry.com. 1900. United States Federal Census. "Alfonsa Carmichael." Kent County, Maryland. 4th District. Chestertown. Line 71. Enumeration District 51. Sheet 4.

Ancestry.com. U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861 – 1865. Kent County, Maryland. Record for Thomas Carmichael. Company Descriptive Book. Company C. 9th U.S. Colored Troops Regiment. Image 797.

Ancestry.com. U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861 – 1865. Kent County, Maryland. Record for Thomas Carmichael. Field and Staff Muster Roll. Company C. 9th U.S. Colored Troops Regiment. Image 799.

Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Record for Thomas Carmichael.

Andrew Jackson. http://whitehouse.gov

Civil War Reenactors Discussion Forum, U.S. Army Regs. “Extracts from Acts of Congress”. http://www.cwreenactors.com/forum/showthread.php?1316-Commissary-Sergeant&s=bae69555d4f66a93a9a46f33151f46cb

James Buchanan, http://whitehouse.gov.

Nat Turner Biography. http://Biography.com.

Teaching With Documents:The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War.http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-war/

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