"Name:  John Smith
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1809
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Father: Francis Smith
Mother: Phillis Pasutunt
Residence Place: Ithaca, New York
Enlistment Date: 24 Dec 1863
Enlistment Location: Ithaca, Tompkins, New York
Regiment: 26th United States Colored Troops
Company: K
Rank: Private
Race: Colored (Black)
Marital Status: Married"

John Smith in the New York, U.S., Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865, Ancestry.com