UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
32nd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia, Pa., February 7 to March 7,
1864. Ordered to Hilton Head, S. C., April, 1864, arriving April 27. Attached
to Bailey's Brigade, District of Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. of the South,
to June, 1864. Morris Island, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of the South,
to October, 1864. 3rd Separate Brigade, Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. of the
South, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Coast Division, Dept. of the South,
to December, 1864. 2nd Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South, to June, 1865.
Dept. of the South to August, 1865.
- Service:
- Ordered to Hilton Head, S. C., April, 1864, and duty there till
June. Moved to Morris Island, S. C., and duty there operating against Charleston,
S. C., till November. Expedition to Boyd's Neck November 28-30. Battle of
Honey Hill November
30. Demonstration on Charleston Camp; Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Devaux's
Neck December 6. James Island February 14, 1865. Occupation of Charleston
February 18. Potter's Expedition April 5-25. Dingle's Mills April 9. Statesboro
April 15. Occupation of Camden April 17. Boydkin's Mills April 18. Beach
Creek near Statesburg and Denken's Mills April 19. Garrison duty at Charleston,
Beaufort and Hilton Head, S. C., till August. Mustered out August 22, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 35 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 113 Enlisted men by disease. Total 150.
- Soldiers:
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