UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
37th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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Organized February 3, 1864, from 3rd North Carolina Colored Infantry. Attached
to U. S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, 18th Corps,
Army of the James, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps,
to July, 1864. Unattached, Army of the James, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th
Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Terry's Provisional Corps,
Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th
Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina,
to February, 1867.
- Service:
- -Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., till April, 1864. Expedition
to Westmoreland County April 12-14. Butler's operations on south side of
James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-June 15. Capture of
Fort Powhatan May 5. Duty there and at Wilson's Wharf till September 28.
Moved to Deep Bottom September 28-29. Battle of
Chaffin's Farm,
New Market Heights, September 29-30. Battle of
Fair Oaks October
27-28. In trenches before Richmond till December 7. 1st Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N.
C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to
Fort Fisher January
7-15, 1865. Bombardment of Fort Fisher January 13-15. Assault and capture
of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Hill January 19. Federal Point 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 Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Cox's Bridge March 23-24.
Advance on Raleigh April 9-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's
House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at various points
in North Carolina and in the Dept. of the South till February, 1867. Mustered
out February 11, 1867.
Predecessor unit:
NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS.
3rd REGIMENT INFANTRY (AFRICAN DESCENT).
Organized at Norfolk, Va., January 30, 1864. Attached to District of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to February, 1864. (A Detachment transferred with African Brigade from Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina to Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, July 29-August 9, 1863, and engaged in operations on Folly and Morris Islands against Fort Sumpter and Charleston, S.C., till December, 1863. Designation of Regiment changed to 37th United States Colored Troops February 8, 1864, which see.
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