Samuel Fields

Samuel Fields
AllegianceUnited States
Union
Service / branchUnion Army
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War

Samuel Fields was a figure of the American Wild West and an active participant in the African-American community of Deadwood, South Dakota.

Fields moved to Deadwood around 1876 to seek his fortune. He claimed to have been a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War; however, this was false.