UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
25th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Philadelphia, Pa., January 3 to February 12, 1864. Sailed for
New Orleans, La., on Steamer "Suwahnee" March 15, 1864 (Right Wing). Vessel
sprung a leak off Hatteras and put into harbor at Beaufort, N. C. Duty there
in the defences, under Gen. Wessells, till April, then proceeded to New Orleans, arriving May 1. Left Wing in camp at Carrollton. Attached to Defences of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, May to July, 1864. District of Pensacola, Fla., Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, U.S. Colored Troops, Dept. Gulf, October, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of West Florida, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, District of West Florida, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops, District of West Florida, to April, 1865. Unattached, District of West Florida, to July, 1865. Dept. of Florida, to December, 1865.
- Service:
- Duty in the Defences of New Orleans, La., till July, 1864. Garrison
at Post of Barrancas, Fla. (6 Cos.), and at Fort Pickens, Pensacola Harbor
(4 Cos.), till December 1865. Mustered out December 6, 1865.
- Soldiers:
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