Fleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham), 1840-1914

found: His The Negro as a soldier, 1895:t.p. (Christian A. Fleetwood, late sergeant-major 4th U.S. Colored Troops)

found: African American National Biography, accessed January 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Fleetwood, Christian Abraham; cholral director, union army officer, pamphleteer, soldier; born in 1840 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States; completed the Ashmun Institute of Philadelphia (renamed Lincoln University) (1857-1860); cofounded and edited a weekly newspaper called the Lyceum Observer and taught Sunday school at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Baltimore; joined the Fourth US Colored Troops as a private (1863); clerk at Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company (Freedmen's Bank); civil servant in the War Department; organized black regiments for the Washington, D.C., National Guard; first instructor of the renowned Washington Colored High School Cadet Corps; honors include, one of sixteen African American soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor during the Civil War, specifically for bravery and coolness under fire at the Battle of New Market Heights (Chaffin's Farm) (1864);died in 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States)