From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (PIONEERS & PATRIOTS: Anderson County Military Servicemen, Revolutionary War - WWI)
Craig, Fountain "Fount"
(born: c. 1836) Fountain Craig was born a slave in Anderson County about 1836. He remained a slave into adulthood; President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed only slaves in states openly hostile toward the Union. Late in the war, however, the government called for the enlistment of colored regiments, and all who answered the call were granted immediate freedom.Fount Craig therefore made his way to Camp Nelson to enlist, and on May 30, 1865 was enrolled as a private in Company L of the 6th U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment. At that time he testified he was born in Anderson County about 1849.
By the time Craig enlisted, the war was nearly over. He spent his early service as a garrison soldier at various points in Kentucky, including Camp Nelson, Camp Wildcat, Danville, New Haven, Catlettsburg, Covington, and Louisville until December 1865.
In December the regiment was transferred to Arkansas, where it was stationed first at Helena and later DuVall's Bluff, where on April 15, 1866 it was mustered from service.