UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
46th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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Organized from 1st Arkansas Infantry, African Descent, May 11, 1864. Attached
to Post of Milliken's Bend, La., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to November,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg,
Miss., till January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Post and Defences of Memphis, Tenn.,
District West Tennessee, to February, 1865. New Orleans, La., Dept. of the
Gulf, to May, 1865. Dept. of Texas, to January, 1866.
- Service:
- Post and garrison duty at Milliken's Bend, La., and at Haines' Bluff,
Miss., till January, 1865. Actions at Mound Plantation. Miss., June 24 and
29, 1864. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., January, 1865, and garrison duty there
till February, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans, La., February 23, and duty there
till May 4. Ordered to Brazos Santiago, Texas, May 4. Duty at Clarksville
and Brownsville on the Rio Grande, Texas, till January, 1866. Mustered out
January 30, 1866.
Predecessor unit:
ARKANSAS VOLUNTEERS
1st REGIMENT INFANTRY (AFRICAN DESCENT).
Organized in Arkansas at large May 1, 1863. Attached to Post of Goodrich
Landing, District of Northeast Louisiana, Dept. Tennessee, to January, 1864.
1st Colored Brigade, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to May, 1864.
- Service:
- Moved to Lake Providence, La., May 8-10, 1863, thence to Goodrich
Landing and Post duty there till January, 1864. Skirmish at Mound Plantation
June 24, 1863. Lake Providence and Mound Plantation June 28. Action at Goodrich
Landing June 29. Duty at Haines Bluff, District of Vicksburg, till May,
1864.
Designation of Regiment changed to 46th U. S. Colored Troops May 11, 1864,
which see.
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