Private Charles Robinson of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private Charles Robinson (1845 - )

Enlisted from Philadelphia, PA on 9 April 1863. He was 18, single and working as a hostler.

Deserted on 25 March 1865 in Savannah, GA.

Private George Reynolds of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private George Reynolds of New York (1843 - ) WIA

Enlisted from Corning, NY on 14 April 1863. He was 20, single and working as a teamster.

Wounded on 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.

Discharged on 3 June 1865 at St. Andrews Parish, SC.

Last known location: Binghampton, NY.

Possible grave at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, NY, engraved as "George A Reynolds", born 2 September 1843, died 30 September 1916. More research needed.

Private William Raymour of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

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Private William Raymour of Pennsylvania (1844* - )

Pittsburgh Dispatch, 23 August 1891

Enlisted from Shippensburg, PA on 12 April 1863. He was 19, single and working as a laborer.

Mustered out on 20 August 1865 in Pittsburg, PA.

Also known as William Ramer per the Pittsburg Dispatch, 23 August 1891:

"The following are among the lucky applicants for pensions reported by the agency J. H. Stevenson & Co. [...] William Ramer, Company G, Fifty-fourth Massachusetts [...]"

Pension Index Entry

Ancestry.com yielded a military pension index which shows Private Ramer's original application and his widow Mrs. Eliza Ramer's application after his death. This gives us a death date of either 1895 or early 1896 and the first evidence I've found of his spouse. It also confirms that he did indeed return to Pennsylvania after the war.

* Birth year calculated from age given at enlistment. 

Private Jason Prince of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Jason Prince (1839 - )

Enlisted from Scituate, MA on 25 August 1863. He was 24, single and working as a farmer.

Discharged 8 June 1865 from Beaufort, South Carolina.

Private Chester Bromily Hoke of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Chester Bromily Hoke of New York (20 April 1847 - 26 March 1913)

Army records refer to him as "Bromily Hoke."

Enlisted from Montgomery County, NY on 14 April 1863. He was 18 years old, single and working as a farmer.

Discharged 16 June 1865 in Charleston, SC.
After his service, Private Hoke worked as a laborer at cook Maria Miller's household and as a porter at Hotel Mohawk in Canajoharie, NY

1910 Federal Census: listed as "Mulatto"

His grave is at Canajoharie Falls Cemetery in Canajoharie, NY.

Chester Bromley Hoke's grave at Canajoharie Falls Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177212269/chester-bromley-hoke

Family

1 Daughter, mother unknown: Isabelle Hoke Dukins

Married Elizabeth Ann Phillips, 1893

3 more children: Chester, Phillip, Robert

Bibliography

https://udemancipationproject.wordpress.com/resources/family-histories/bromily-hokee/

Private Hill Harris of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Hill Harris (1837 - 30 January 1922) WIA, POW

Enlisted from Jackson, LA on 9 April 1863. He was 26, married and working as a farmer.

Wounded and imprisoned on 30 November 1864 at Honey Hill, SC.

He spent 146 days as a Prisoner of War and was released from prison on 25 April 1865.

Mustered out 30 September 1865 in Boston, MA.

His grave is in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA.

Private Cornelius Harding of Company G, Massachusetts 54th Voluntary Infantry

Private Cornelius Harding (1822 - 1894)

Enlisted from Utica, NY on 9 April 1863. He was 41, married and working as a barber.

Mustered out 20 August 1865.

His grave is at New Forest Cemetery in Utica, NY. We could really use a better photograph if anyone from NY is reading this, but what's legible says:

"CORNELIUS HARDIN
54 MASS VOL
Died ?? 1894
Age ?? 84 years"

Private Cornelius Harding's grave at New Forest Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46330806