Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Luke Letcher (b. circa 1845 - d. 1865)
MSA SC 5496-050586
Enlisted with Company B, 39th Regiment, USCT, in Montgomery County, 1864

Sources:

Archival Sources -

ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), 1863-1866, U.S. Colored Troops, [MSA S936-50]. Luke Letcher, Co. "B," 39th Reg. USCT.

ADJUTANT GENERAL, (Muster Rolls), 1864-1865, Slaves mustered into U.S. Colored Troops, [MSA Citation: MSA S936-51]. Luke Letcher, Montgomery County, Folder No. 38.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SLAVE STATISTICS (Slave Statistics), [MSA CM750-1]. Samuel Riggs of R, Page 148 (Page 128 electronic).

Books -

Federal Writers' Project. North Carolina: a Guide to the Old North State. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1939.

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 -

"Luke Letcher." Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. National Park Service. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm.

"Luke Letcher." Nationwide Gravesite Locator. United States Department of Veteran Affairs. http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1.

"The African American Civil War Memorial." African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation and Museum. http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/.

"Pvt. Alfred Snowden." Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/index.html.

Maryland Soldiers in the Civil War, Vol. 2, Record for Luke Letcher. www.ancestry.com.

Roll of Honor, Vol. XIX, Page 175, Record for Sergeant Luke Letcher, New Bern National Cemetery, North Carolina. www.ancestry.com.

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, Record for Luke Letcher. National Cemetery Administration. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. www.ancestry.com.

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