UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
1st Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized in the District of Columbia May 19 to June 30, 1863. Ordered to
Dept. of Virginia and attached to United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, July to October, 1863. United States
Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, Dept.
of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
18th Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, to
December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to March, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1865.
Dept. of North Carolina to muster out.
- Service:
- Duty at Norfolk, Portsmouth and Yorktown, Va., till April, 1864.
Expedition from Norfolk to South Mills, Camden Court House, etc., N. C.,
December 5-24, 1863. Butler's operations south of James River and against
Petersburg and Richmond, Va., May 4-June 15. Action at
Wilson's Wharf
May 24. Assaults on
Petersburg June
15-18. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7, 1864. Explosion
of Mine, Petersburg,
July 30. Demonstration on north side of the James River September 28-30.
Battle of Chaffin's
Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Fort Harrison September 29.
Battle of Fair Oaks
October 27-28. Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N.
C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N.
C., January 7-15, 1865. Assault on and capture of Fort Fisher January 15.
Sugar Loaf Hill January 19. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson
February 18-20. Capture of
Wilmington February
22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April
26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Cox's
Bridge March 23-24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh
April 13. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty
in thc Dept. of North Carolina till September. Mustered out September 29,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 1 Officer and 113 Enlisted men by disease. Total 185.
- Soldiers:
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