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Alfred Bolden was a soldier in the 43rd United States Colored Troops with Company C. He was born around 1828 in Maryland and worked as a laborer before he enlisted.¹ At age 33, he enlisted in the 43rd U.S. Colored Troops in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a private.² During his military service he wounded himself. His Certificate of Furlough in his "U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records", it states that Surgeon Thomas Bowen, F. Stoddard, and William A.