Prince Romerson
Prince Romerson was a Union Army soldier of Native Hawaiian descent. He enlisted in the Union Navy in 1863 as part of the Blockading Squadrons. He reenlisted in the U.S. Army under the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, a United States Colored regiment.
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Prince Romerson was a Union Army soldier of Native Hawaiian descent. He was among a group of more than 100 documented Native Hawaiian and Hawaii-born combatants who fought in the American Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Navy in 1863 as part of the Blockading Squadrons responsible for maintaining the blockade of the ports of the Confederacy. After being discharged from naval service, he reenlisted in the U.S. Army under the 5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, a United States Colored regiment. His military career shows the diverse attitudes of officers to the Native Hawaiians and people of color who served on segregated units during and shortly after the civil war. In 2010, the Hawaiʻi Sons of the Civil War were commemorated with a bronze plaque erected along the memorial pathway at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
The plaque is dedicated to Prince Romerson, one of the few Hawaiian soldiers whose real name is known; many combatants served under anglicized pseudonyms because they were easier for English-speaking Americans to pronounce. It is thought that he came to the United States as a sailor aboard a merchant or whaling ship in the Pacific; Hawaiian sailors were highly regarded in the 18th- and 19th-century maritime industry and sought out as crew members. Many Hawaiians sympathized with the Union because of Hawaii’s ties to New England through missionaries and the whaling industry, and the opposition of many people in the islands to slavery. There was also an ideological sympathy for the cause of the war. Some Filipino historians have claimed him as one of their own, and he is included in lists of FilipinoAmerican Civil War combatants.
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