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Name,Side,Unit
Clear, John U 43rd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Clear, Samuel U 47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Clear, Silas U 47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

First Name: John

Last Name: Clear
Side: U
Unit: 43 U.S. Col'd. Infantry
Rank In: Musician
Rank Out:
Company: A
AKA Name:
NARA Film#: M589 roll 17

First Name: Samuel

Last Name: Clear
Side: U
Unit: 47 U.S. Col'd. Infantry
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Company: B
AKA Name:
NARA Film#: M589 roll 17

First Name: Silas

Last Name: Clear
Side: U
Unit: 47 U.S. Col'd. Infantry
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Corporal
Company: B
AKA Name:
NARA Film#: M589 roll 17

UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS

43rd REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized at Philadelphia, Pa., March 12 to June 3, 1864. Moved to Annapolis, Md., April 18. Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps and Dept. of Texas, to October, 1865. SERVICE.-Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May-June, 1864. Guard trains of the Army of the Potomac through the Wilderness and to Petersburg. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Grove Church September 29-30 and October 1. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. On the Bermuda Hundred front and before Richmond till March, 1865. Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 29-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Petersburg and City Point till May 30. Moved to Texas May 30-June 10. Duty on the Rio Grande opposite Mattamoras, Mexico, till October. Mustered out October 20, 1865, and discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., November 30, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 188 Enlisted men by disease. Total 239.

47th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized March 11, 1864, from 8th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to January, 1866. SERVICE.-Post and garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss., till October, 1864. Expedition from Haines Bluff up Yazoo River April 19-23. Near Mechanicsburg April 20. Lake Providence May 27. Moved to mouth of White River, Ark., October 15. Duty there and at Vicksburg, Miss., till February, 1865. Ordered to Algiers, Le., February 26 thence to Barrancas, Fla. March from Pensacola, Fla., to Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 1. Siege of Fort BlakelyApril 1-9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Return to Mobile and duty there till June. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence to Texas, and duty on the Rio Grande and at various points in Texas, till January, 1866. Mustered out January 5, 1866. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 398 Enlisted men by disease. Total 432.

I guess old John Clear didn't make it through the war as I think he's buried here:

US Civil War Center

Chalmette National Cemetery

Union Database: A-E

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/cwc.search

LNAME: CLEAR
FNAME: JOHN
OLDSEC: 8
SEC: 23
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OPB: BRASHEAR
WAR: CIVIL WAR
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COMMENT: STEAMER
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