Miles Lucius (75th USCT)

Miles Lucius was born around 1823 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Little is known about Lucius's life before the war, except that he worked as a farmer. Lucius enlisted at the age of 39 as a private on November 7, 1862, in Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, and mustered in on November 24, 1864, in New Orleans. His service record describes him as 5 feet, 9 inches tall, with black hair, black eyes, and a black complexion. Lucius served in Company A of the 75th USCT Infantry Regiment. He deserted around May 8, 1864, while serving on detached duty as a teamster in Morganza, Louisiana. The regiment did not discover his desertion until June 8, 1864. Despite this setback, Lucius applied for the removal of the charge of desertion, but his application was rejected on January 5, 1866. He never filed a pension, and little is known about his post-war life.

DATABASE CONTENT

Name:

Lucius, Miles

Alternative names:

Roles:

Soldier

Gender:

Race:

Black

Regiment/Ship:

Regiment	Company
75th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops	A
3rd Regiment Infantry Louisiana Native Guards	A
3rd Regiment Infantry Corps d'Afrique	A

Branch of service:

Army

Enlistment/Muster:

Type	Date	Place	Accepted/Rejected	Age	Status	Reason
Enlistment	1862-11-07	Bayou Lafourche, LA	accepted	39	Unknown
Muster In	1862-11-24	New Orleans, LA
Muster Out	1864-06-08	Morganza, LA				Desertion

Residence at enlistment:

Rank In:

Private

Rank Out:

Private

Highest rank achieved:

Private

Birth date:

1823

Birth date certainty:

About

Birth place:

Charlottesville, VA

Death date:

Death place:

Causes of death:

Occupations:

Farmer

SOURCES

Compiled Service Records for Miles Lucius, RG94, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

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