Henry Clay (34th USCT)

Henry Clay was born around 1844 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Not much is known of Clay's early life. He enlisted at the age of 21 in the 34th USCT Infantry Regiment on January 19, 1865, at Camp Casey, Virginia, for a period of three years. He mustered into Company B as a private the next day, and his service records describe him as 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with black hair and eyes and a brown complexion. Upon being mustered in, the regiment was in the process of transferring to the 4th Separate Brigade, District of Florida in the Departments of the South and the Department of Florida. Clay was transferred to Jacksonville, Florida, for duty throughout that state. Upon his arrival in Florida, Clay, perhaps unaccustomed to the hot Florida summer, developed sun stroke, and died in the regimental hospital in Jacksonville on July 7. No pension was ever filed by surviving family members.

DATABASE CONTENT

Name:

Clay, Henry

Alternative names:

Roles:

Soldier

Gender:

Race:

Black

Regiment/Ship:

Regiment	Company
34th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops	B

Branch of service:

Army

Enlistment/Muster:

Type	Date	Place	Accepted/Rejected	Age	Status	Reason
Enlistment	1865-01-19	Camp Casey, VA	accepted	21	Unknown
Muster In	1865-01-20	Camp Casey, VA
Muster Out	1865-07-07	General Hospital Jacksonville, FL				Death

Residence at enlistment:

Rank In:

Private

Rank Out:

Private

Highest rank achieved:

Private

Birth date:

1844

Birth date certainty:

About

Birth place:

Charlottesville, VA

Death date:

1865-07-07

Death place:

General Hospital Jacksonville, FL

Causes of death:

disease: sun stroke

Occupations:

Laborer

SOURCES

Complied Service Records for Henry Clay, RG94, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

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