UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
19th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Camp Stanton, Md., December 25, 1863, to January 16, 1864. Duty
at Camp Stanton, Benedict, Md., till March, 1864, and at Camp Birney till
April. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac,
April to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, to December,
1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1866. Dept. of Texas, to January,
1867.
- Service:
- -Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May and June,
1864. Guard trains through the Wilderness. Before
Petersburg, Va.,
June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865.
Mine Explosion,
Petersburg, July 30, 1864.
Weldon Railroad
August 18-21. Fort Sedgwick September 28. Poplar Grove Church September 29-30.
Hatcher's Run October 27-28. Actions on the Bermuda Hundred front November
17-18. Duty at Bermuda Hundred till March, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Hatcher's
Run March 29-31. Assault and capture 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 June. Moved to Texas June 13-July 3. Duty at Brownsville and on
the Rio Grande, Texas, till January, 1867. Mustered out January 15, 1867.
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