Nicholas Farrell

The gravestone of Nicholas Farrell in Gettysburg National Cemetery.

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Quick Facts

Significance:

African American soldier who served during the Spanish American War

Place of Death:

Camp Marion on Snow's Island in South Carolina

Date of Death:

1898

Place of Burial:

Section 20, Row I, Site #16

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Section 20, Row, I, Site #16

Nicholas Farrell is one of three African American soldiers, serving with the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Battalion, who died during the Spanish American War. The all Black battalion was commanded by Major Charles Young, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an African American Civil Rights pioneer. Nicholas, who died of typhoid fever at Camp Marion on Snow's Island in South Carolina, is buried in the Ohio Civil War section of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, along side 16 other soldiers from his company, including Clifford Henderson and Emmert Martin.

You can find more information about his commanding officer, Charles Young, who not only served as an officer the Army, but also as the first African-American National Park Superintendent at the Nation Park Service website, Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument Ohio.