Robert Deyo, Company K, 26th USCT. I also found Alexander and Charles Deyo of Company K. They must have been brothers.
Hi,
I was wondering if you had a picture of the whole of K and it's white officer - James B. Chase was the name he went by officially while in the Civil War but he might have had a nick name.
I'm doing a wikipedia article on him since there is a fair bit of documentation of his life. A picture or any information you had (and as much provenance and citable info as possible) would be helpful.
As a way of paying forward with a thank you I can share some other information on company K I've found:
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https://books.google.com/books?id=9fCbZujcLEwC&lpg=PA373&ots=xobhL0E3VV
"William Digs, another escaped slave from Virginia, made his way to Hamilton, arriving approximate in 1842. He married Louisa Howard in 1846 and the couple had seven children. He reportedly enlisted in the 26th USCI, (ed - it was an infantry regiment but was called USCT officially) Company K, in New York State, and was promoted to corporal. After his death, his widow, Louisa, received a pension from the United States government. Interestingly, later in life she was said to be living with Julia Berry, whom she had nursed as an infant."
* There are also some Harlem based re-enactors associated with a museum that include three regiments from the NY area - see
https://www.facebook.com/New-York-R...ps-Reenactors-20th-26th-31st-604617856233679/ - looks like they've done some good work in schools and meetings.
* this is a touch on the negative side of resources but worth noting for your research perhaps - it is a review of court martials someone scanned and posted:
http://rs5.loc.gov/service/lawlib/law0001/2012/201200203998880/201200203998880.pdf
There are some mentions of the USCT 26th but none related to what I'm researching.
James B Chase is the subject of a couple books too - later he took up using other parts of his name - Thornton Chase (James Brown Thornton Chase is his full name.) After the 26th he stayed in SC with the new 104th USCI and served until November 1865. There is precious little about the 104th - there are two pictures I did run across but scant other info.
There are some wikipedia pages about some of the members of USCT or USCI you may want to see about improving too:
- Benjamin F. Randolph also in the 26th USCT and Martin Delany also in the 104th USCI, and other white officers in other USCT regiments: Walter Thorn, Edward Winslow Hinks, and William Gould (W.G.) Raymond. The hard part about wikipedia is finding citable sources!
And just to throw out one more thing… consider
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/an-american-story-race-amity-and-the-other-tradition
Have a good day.