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Former slaves began joining the Union Navy within days of the fall of Elizabeth City to Union naval forces in February of 1862. As much as 25% of the Union Navy was composed of black men during the Civil War. Many joined the crews of the Union flotilla operating in local waters. Others joined crews in the Hampton Roads area. At least 26 men from Camden County served in the Union Navy during the Civil War.

Name	Age	Race	Occupation	Unit	Enlisted
Aberdeen, Beverly	23	Negro	None given	Navy	23 July 1862
Baker, William	15	Negro	.	Navy	27 June 1864
Bass, Holloway	23	Mulatto	None given	Navy	9 Aug 1859
Berry, William	32	Black	Slave	Navy	12 Feb 1862
Burnham, John	24	Black	None given	Navy	2 July 1863
Forbes, Daniel	20	Negro	None given	Navy	23 July 1862
Ford, William	16	Negro	Farmer	Navy	23 July 1862
Frisby, Dempsy	16	Black	Farmer	Navy	17 Dec 1863
Grandy, Charles	20	Black	Laborer	Navy	22 Oct 1863
Grandy, John	26	Negro	Farmhand	Navy
Lamb, Dempsey	23	Negro	None given	Navy	23 July 1863
Lamb, Isaac	56	Colored	Farmer	Navy	13 May 1862
Lary, Thomas	32	Colored	.	Navy	23 May 1862
Leary, Jeremiah	25	Black	Farmer	Navy	25 Dec 1863
Luffman, Joseph	16	Black	.	Navy	8 Dec 1863
McPherson, Charles	17	Negro	None given	Navy	23 July 1862
McPherson, Turner	29	Negro	.	Navy	23 July 1862
Moore, Henry	20	Negro	None given	Navy	26 Dec 1862
Ould, Henry	37	Negro	Carpenter	Navy	14 July 1863
Perkins, Alec	17	Black	Laborer	Navy	31 Dec 1863
Riggs, Samuel	17	Black	Laborer	Navy	31 Dec 1863
Shaw, Henry	35	Black	.	Navy	26 Oct 1863
Spencer, Joseph	35	Negro	None given	Navy	23 July 1862
West, Charles	20	Black	Farmer	Navy	29 Feb 1864
Whitehurst, Gabe	23	Black	Laborer	Navy
Williams, Warren	24	Black	None given	Navy
26 total