Served in Co. B, 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored); first redesignated as the 8th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery and later as the 11th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery.
From: The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865; By William H. Chenery, Late First Lieutenant, Company F, Second Battalion. Providence: Snow & Farnham, Printers and Publishers, 1898:
Company B
Privates.
Brister, Abner. Enrolled Aug. 19, 1863; mustered Sept. 14, 1863; hospital attendant July, 1864; died at Fort Jackson, La., Aug. 23, 1864.
Additional record shows cause of death as "congestive fever."
Residence at time of Muster: Boston, Mass.
From: The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865; By William H. Chenery, Late First Lieutenant, Company F, Second Battalion. Providence: Snow & Farnham, Printers and Publishers, 1898:
Company B
Privates.
Brister, Abner. Enrolled Aug. 19, 1863; mustered Sept. 14, 1863; hospital attendant July, 1864; died at Fort Jackson, La., Aug. 23, 1864.
Additional record shows cause of death as "congestive fever."
Residence at time of Muster: Boston, Mass.
Served in Co. B, 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored); first redesignated as the 8th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery and later as the 11th U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery.
From: The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865; By William H. Chenery, Late First Lieutenant, Company F, Second Battalion. Providence: Snow & Farnham, Printers and Publishers, 1898:
Company B
Privates.
Brister, Abner. Enrolled Aug. 19, 1863; mustered Sept. 14, 1863; hospital attendant July, 1864; died at Fort Jackson, La., Aug. 23, 1864.
Additional record shows cause of death as "congestive fever."
Residence at time of Muster: Boston, Mass.
From: The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865; By William H. Chenery, Late First Lieutenant, Company F, Second Battalion. Providence: Snow & Farnham, Printers and Publishers, 1898:
Company B
Privates.
Brister, Abner. Enrolled Aug. 19, 1863; mustered Sept. 14, 1863; hospital attendant July, 1864; died at Fort Jackson, La., Aug. 23, 1864.
Additional record shows cause of death as "congestive fever."
Residence at time of Muster: Boston, Mass.
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