John Henry Barton was born in 1846 in Maryland to John and Ann Barton.[1] By the age of 12, he worked as a laborer for the Todd Family in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland.[2] Then under the Enrollment Act of 1863, he enlisted on November 1, 1864, as a substitute for Andrew Bostater.[3] [4] Barton served a one-year term being discharged as a private on November 15, 1865, at Indianola, TX.
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.