Liberty Billings | |
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Born | 1823 Saco, Maine, USA |
Died | 1877 (aged 53–54) |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | Union Army |
Commands held | 1st South Carolina Volunteer 33rd United States Colored Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Liberty Billings (1823–1877) [1] was an American officer in the Union Army, a Unitarian minister, and a state senator.
Billings was born in Saco, Maine in 1823. [2] He was educated at Thornton Academy [3] and later graduated from Meadville Theological School in 1848. [4]
Billings served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry which in turn became the 33rd United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War. [2] [1] He was a Republican ( Radical Republican) during the Reconstruction Era and served as a state senator in Florida. He was involved in the constitutional convention that developed the 1868 Florida Constitution. [5] Billings has been honored posthumously as a Great Floridian. [6]
He was deemed ineligible to participate in the constitutional convention and was voted out along with others accused of being residents of other states. [7]
The Billings House located in the Fernandina Beach Historic District in Fernandina Beach, Florida. [2]