Timbuctoo Civil War Memorial Cemetery April 11, 2015 by Rancocas Village Webmaster Timbuctoo Cemetery, New Jersey. Memorial Day, 2008We honor the brave African-American men from this community who joined the Union Army in the fight against slavery during the Civil War. We remember that Timbuctoo in Westampton, New Jersey, was an important stopping place on the Underground Railroad helping slaves on their journey to freedom.JOHN JOHNSON; C.O. B. 6TH REGT. PA. INF.; DIED APRIL 10, 1895; AGE 54WILLIAM H. SULLIVAN; PRIVATE CO. D. 29TH REGT.; ILL. INF.; AGE 53 YEARS. LOUIS ARMSTRONG; CO. D. 22. REGT. N.J. VOLS.; DIED MAY 11, 1903; AGED 70 YEARS.THEOPHILUS W. PINION; CO. I 29TH REGT. U.S.C.T.; DIED DEC. 14, 1904; AGE 57WILLIAM H. DAVIS; CO. D 22ND COLORED INF.; DIED APRIL 4, 1914; AGE 77 YEARSEDWARD CHAPMAN; SGT.; 22 U.S.CLD.INF.EPHRAIM MARSHALL; CPL.; 22 US.S.CLD.INF.CHARLES H. LOVE; Co. F. 22nd U.S.Inf.; Died July 16, 1922; Aged 77 years.ELIZA PARKER; died Sep. 1847?; in the 44th year of her ageMATILDA; wife of David Parker; Died March 1, 1870; Aged 69? yearsFRISBY; son of David & Eliza Parker; Married Oct. 20, 1872; Died June 26, 1873; Aged 45 yearsJames River, Va. View of the completed Dutch Gap canal 1865 April; Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)From: The Soldier in Our Civil War by Frank Leslie; HINKS’S DIVISION OF NEGRO INFANTRY BRINGING IN THE GUNS CAPTURED FROM THE CONFEDERATES AT BAYLOR’S FARM, NEAR PETERSBURG, VA., JUNE 15TH 1864. – From a Sketch by E.F. Mullen.William H. Davis Civil War pension files from Washington, D.C. ArchivesFrom New Jersey State Archives: Department of Defense, Adjutant General’s Office (Civil War), United States Colored Troops – Service Files, ca. 1862-1870s, Box 1New Jersey Mirror, September 13, 1855, p. 3.From a painting by Frank McCarthy; Cover of Arizona Highways, January 1995, Vol. 71, No. 1Reproduction of Indian Wars (1865-1898) Commemorative Campaign MedalFirst Sergeant Fred Minus (holding the flag) with the 6th Regiment United States Colored Troops Reenactors and of veterans from the 24th Infantry Regiment nicknamed the Buffalo SoldiersView of headstones in Timbuctoo CemeteryLAMBERT GILES: Born May 15. 1815; Died April 19. 1855. Inscription: Gone but not forgotten. This headstone is in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Lambert Giles was a descendent of John Bruer, an 1829 resident of Timbuctoo, and an ancestor of Mary Weston, Church St, Timbuctoo NJ.EDWARD B. CHAPMAN, CO. G. 22ND REGT. U.S. COLTROOPS. Died Aug. 2, 1882, Age 48 years. This headstone is in Mount Moriah Cemetery (Division B, Section 2, Lot No 1. Grave No 4) Share
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