Samuel Fields

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Samuel Fields
Allegiance	United States Union
Service / branch	Union Army
Battles / wars	American 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.^[1]