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3rd U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery:
Organized as 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (African
Descent), June 5-December 22, 1863.
Designated 2nd
United States Colored Heavy Artillery March 11, 1864, and
3rd Heavy Artillery April 26, 1864.
Mustered out April
30, 1866.
6th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery:
Organized from 2nd Mississippi Heavy Artillery (African
Descent). Designated 5th Heavy Artillery March 11, 1864, and
6th Heavy Artillery April 26, 1864. Attached to Post of
Natchez, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., Dept. of
Tennessee, and Dept. of Mississippi to February 1865. Post
of Natchez, Dept. of Mississippi, to April 1865. Dept. of
the Gulf to May 1866.
9th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery:
Organized at Clarksville and Nashville, Tenn., October 8 to
November 1, 1864. Attached to District of Nashville, Dept.
of the Cumberland, till May 1865. Broken up May 5, 1865.
12th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery:
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., July 15, 1864. Attached to
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. of
the Ohio, to January 1865. Military District of Kentucky and
Dept. of Kentucky, to April 1866.
16th U.S. Colored Infantry:
Organized at Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1863, to February
13, 1864. Attached to Post of Chattanooga, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to November 1864. Unattached, District of the
Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December 1864. 1st
Colored Brigade, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to January 1865. Unattached, District of the
Etowah, to March 1865. 1st Colored Brigade, Dept. of the
Cumberland, to April 1865. 5th Sub-District, District of
Middle Tennessee, to July 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
District of East Tennessee and Dept. of the Cumberland.
18th U.S. Colored Infantry:
Organized at Covington, Ky., July 18 to September 27, 1864.
Attached to Military District of Kentucky, Dept. of the
Ohio, to October 1864. Provisional Brigade, 18th Corps, Army
of the James, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
25th Corps and Dept. of Texas, to August 1867.
109th
U.S. Colored Infantry:
Organized at Louisville, Ky., July 5, 1864. Attached to 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division,
23rd Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to October 1864. Martindale's
Provisional Brigade, 18th Corps, Army of the James, to
December 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps and
Dept. of Texas, to March 1866. Duty at Louisville and
Louisa, Ky., till October 1864. Ordered to join Army of the
Potomac before Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Duty at Deep
Bottom and in trenches before Richmond north of the James
River till March 1865. Actions at Fort Harrison December 10,
1864, and January 23, 1865. Moved to Hatcher's Run March
27-28. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton Road,
Hatcher's Run, March 29-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2.
Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9.
Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Petersburg and City
Point till May. Embarked for Texas May 25, arriving at
Indianola, Texas, June 25. Duty there and on the Rio Grande,
Texas, till March 1866. Mustered out March 21, 1866.
123rd U.S. Colored Infantry:
Organized at Louisville, Ky., December 2, 1864. Duty at
Louisville, Ky., and other points in the Dept. of Kentucky
till October 1865. Mustered out October 24, 1865.
55th Massachusetts Colored Infantry:
Organized at Readville and mustered in June 22, 1863. Left
State for Newberne, N. C., July 21, 1863, arriving there
July 25, thence moved to Folly Island, S. C., July 30-August
3. Attached to Wild's African Brigade, Vodge's Division,
North End, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of
the South, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, Vodge's Division,
Folly Island, 10th Army Corps, to February 1864. 3rd
Brigade, Ames' Division, District of Florida, to April 1864.
Folly and Morris Islands, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of
the South, to November 1864. 2nd Brigade, Coast Division,
Dept. South, to January 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, Dept. of
the South, to March 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, District of
Charleston, Dept. South, to June 1865. District of
Charleston, S. C., Dept. South Carolina, to August 1865.
5th U.S. Colored Cavalry:
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October 24, 1864. Attached to
1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to
February, 1865. Military District of Kentucky and Dept. of
Arkansas, to March, 1866. Service:
Participated in Burbridge's Raid from Kentucky into
Southwestern Virginia September 20-October 17, 1864. Action
at Saltsville, Va., October 2. At Lexington, Ky., October
19. Harrodsburg, Ky., October 21. Stoneman's Raid into
Southwestern Virginia December 10-29. Near Marion December
17-18. Capture of Saltsville and destruction of salt works
December 20-21. Duty at Ghent, Paducah, LaGrange, Crab
Orchard and Camp Nelson till August 1865, and in the Dept.
of Arkansas till March, 1866. Mustered out March 20, 1866.
6th U.S. Colored Cavalry:
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October 24, 1864. Attached to
1st Division, District of Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to
February 1865. Military District and Dept. of Kentucky to
December 1865, and Dept. of Arkansas to April, 1866.
Service:
Stoneman's Raid into Southwestern Virginia December 10-29,
1864. Capture and destruction of lead mines December 17.
Near Marion December 17-18. Saltsville December 20-21. At
Camp Nelson and Paducah, Ky., till March 1865. At LaGrange,
Tenn., till May. At Camp Nelson, Wild Cat, and Danville,
Ky., till July. At New Haven and Catlettsburg, Ky., till
October. At Covington, Ky., till December. At Louisville,
Ky., and Helena, Ark., till January 1866. At Duvall's Bluff,
Ark., till April 15, 1866. Mustered out April 15, 1866.
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