UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
2nd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Arlington, Va., June 20 to November 11, 1863. Ordered to the
Dept. of the Gulf December, 1863. Attached to District of Key West, Fla.,
Dept. of the Gulf, February, 1864, to July, 1865. Dept. of Florida to January,
1866.
- Service:
- Duty at New Orleans, La., and Ship Island, Miss., till February
13, 1864. Ordered to Key West, Fla., February 13. Affair at Tampa, Fla.,
May 5. Operations on West Coast of Florida July 1-31. Expedition from Fort
Myers to Bayport July 1-4. Expedition from Cedar Key to St. Andrew's Bay
July 20-29. Fort Taylor August 21. Station No. 4 February 13, 1865. Attack
on Fort Myers February 20. Operations in the vicinity of St. Mark's February
21-March 7. East River Bridge March 4-5. Newport Bridge March 5-6. Natural
Bridge March 6. Duty in District of Florida till January, 1866. Mustered
out January 5, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 11 Officers and 135 Enlisted men by disease. Total 173.
- Soldiers:
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