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J.A. Barber

J.A. Barber

Federal (USV)

Private

James Albert Barber

Home State: Rhode Island

Command Billet: Artilleryman

Branch of Service: Artillery

Unit: 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery G

Before Antietam

From a farming family, he enlisted in Battery G of the First Rhode Island Light Artillery on 11 November 1861.

The rest of the War

He reenlisted for the duration as a Veteran Volunteer in December 1863, and was promoted to Corporal before War's end. He received the Medal of Honor for action at Petersburg in April 1865 (medal issued June 1866), and mustered out with his Battery in June 1865.

After the War

He was a "mariner" and harvested seaweed to be used as fertilizer.

References & notes

Service details from his Medal of Honor Certificate, the photo above, and family history provided by Midge Frazel.

Birth

Date not known; Westerly, RI