An African in America, 1800
Civil War service record of Samuel Mander, National Archives
Congo and Beck had many descendants who bore the Mander name. This document from the National Archives reveals that their great-grandson, Samuel Mander of Kent County, fought in the Civil War as a soldier in the U.S. Colored Troops. He was wounded during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864 and died three months later, age 20.
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