Union Colored Cemetery Carlisle

Allen Powell was born in Front Royal in Warren County, Virginia in 1838. Allen was raised in Virginia, but few records detaling the nature of his upbringing have survived. Allen left Viriginia sometime prior to the 1863, as he enlilsted in the 54 Regiment of the Massachusettes United States Colored Troops in Readville, MA on April 29th, 1863. During the war, Allen suffered a shell wound to his left knee and a broken skull. Despite these injuries, Allen survived the war, and was discharged on August 20th, 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina.

Charles (Chas) H. Smith, was born in 1837 in Pennsylvania. While little is known about his early life, records have indicated that he was raised by his father Harry Simms. Simms enlisted in Company G of the 6th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops on July 29th, 1863, and served until August 20th, 1865. Simms moved to Carlise, where he married an unknown woman, who died in 1866. Simms would get married two more times, to Mary Simms until her death in 1900, then to Elizebeth Jackson. Simms had one child, Emma.