USCT, Company G, 32nd Regiment

James L. Bailey

James L. Bailey served in the 32nd United States Colored Regiment with Company G from February 23, 1864 to August 22, 1865. He was born around 1825 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.1 During his childhood, he presumably worked for and was owned by Alexander McDowell in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.2 There is no current information detailing James' early life before the civil war. According to James' "U.S.