London Glasgow

Biography
London Glasgow was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania about 1841 and was a farmer prior to the war. Find A Grave 
Residences
* 1863: Unionville, Pennsylvania (military enlistment)
* 1850: West Marlborough, Pennsylvania with his parents and siblings
Military Service
During the American Civil War, he was a private in the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, Company B. Enlisted on 11 March 1863 from from Unionville, Pennsylvania. He was 22 years old, single and working as a farmer when he enlisted. He went missing on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner and is presumed killed in action during the Union assault on the Confederate battery at Fort Wagner, located on Morris Island. Emilio, Roster p.346 The casualties were all buried in a mass grave on Morris Island. Today, Morris Island is uninhabited and has suffered from erosion. It is believed that the US Army reinterred the remains on the island to the Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, South Carolina, marking the graves as "unknown." Find A Grave 

Abraham Glasgow, who also served in Company B, may have been a relative.
Research Notes
Possible relative?
:1859 Chester borough directory
:: I. Glasgow / colored laborer / Welsh above Filbert
Sources
* 1850 Seventh Census of the United States, (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; database and digital images, "1850 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009 (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2018); citing Year: 1850; Census Place: West Marlborough, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_764; Page: 158A; Image: 321.
* Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
*Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 May 2018), memorial page for Pvt London Glasgow (1841–18 Jul 1863), Find A Grave Memorial no. 92564573, citing Battery Wagner Mass Union Grave (Defunct), Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Ron Goode (contributor 47476624) .

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[[Category: Pennsylvania, Farmers]]
[[Category: Pennsylvania, Free People of Color]]
[[Category: West Marlborough, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category: Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category: 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War]]
[[Category: Second Battle of Fort Wagner]]
[[Category: Missing in Action, United States of America, United States Civil War]]
[[Category: Battery Wagner Mass Union Grave, Charleston, South Carolina]]
[[Category:US Black Heritage Project Managed, Non Notable]]
{{US Black Heritage}} 
==Biography==

London Glasgow was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania about 1841 and was a farmer prior to the war. <ref>[[#grave|Find A Grave]]</ref> 

===Residences===
* 1863: Unionville, Pennsylvania (military enlistment)
* 1850: West Marlborough, Pennsylvania with his parents and siblings

===Military Service===
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| side = USA
| enlisted = Mar 11, 1863
| mustered = Jul 18, 1863
| regiment flag = file name from Civil War Flags
| regiment name = Co. B 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry 
| rank=Private
| unit= 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)}}
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|category=Killed in Action, United States of America, United States Civil War
|image=Killed_in_Action-3.jpg
|description=Killed in Action
|war=United States Civil War}}
{{Roll of Honor
|category=Missing in Action, United States of America, United States Civil War
|image=Roll of Honor Template.png
|description=Missing in Action
|war=the United States Civil War
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During the American Civil War, he was a private in the all-Black [[Space:54th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry|54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry]] regiment, Company B. Enlisted on 11 March 1863 from from Unionville, Pennsylvania. He was 22 years old, single and working as a farmer when he enlisted. He went missing on 18 July 1863 at Fort Wagner and is presumed killed in action during the Union assault on the Confederate battery at Fort Wagner, located on Morris Island. <ref>[[#Emilio|Emilio, ''Roster'' p.346]]</ref>  The casualties were all buried in a mass grave on Morris Island.  Today, Morris Island is uninhabited and has suffered from erosion.  It is believed that the US Army reinterred the remains on the island to the Beaufort National Cemetery in Beaufort, South Carolina, marking the graves as "unknown." <ref>[[#grave|Find A Grave]]</ref>

[[Glasgow-750|Abraham Glasgow]], who also served in Company B, may have been a relative.

===Research Notes===
Possible relative?
:''1859 Chester borough directory''
:: I. Glasgow / colored laborer / Welsh above Filbert

== Sources ==
<references />
* ''1850 Seventh Census of the United States,'' (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; database and digital images, "1850 United States Federal Census," Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009 (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2018); citing Year: 1850; Census Place: West Marlborough, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_764; Page: 158A; Image: 321.
* [[Emilio-6|Emilio, Luis Fenollosa]]. ''[[Space:History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865|History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865]],'' Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
*Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 May 2018), memorial page for Pvt London Glasgow (1841–18 Jul 1863), Find A Grave Memorial no. 92564573, citing Battery Wagner Mass Union Grave (Defunct), Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Ron Goode (contributor 47476624) .