• The village of Appomattox Court House from the west, the McLean House is on the right.

    Appomattox Court House

    National Historical Park Virginia

XXV Army Corps, 2nd Division

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          XXV Army Corps Badge

2nd Division (XXV Corps): Brigadier General William Birney (ordered to return to Petersburg on April 7), these troops were temporarily attached to the XXIV Corps (1,910)

2nd Brigade: Colonel Ulysses Doubleday

8th United States Colored Troops

41st United States Colored Troops

45th United States Colored Troops

127th United States Colored Troops

3rd Brigade: Colonel William W. Woodward

29th United States Colored Troops

31st United States Colored Troops

116th United States Colored Troops

Did You Know?

Colored Troops

Several regiments of United States Colored Troops fought on the front line in the Battle of Appomattox Court House on the morning of April 9, 1865.  Blacks served in segregated units under white officers. The U.S. Army would not be integrated until the Korean War.