UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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Organized March 11, 1864, from 8th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent. Attached
to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg,
Miss., to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Corps, to November,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg,
Miss., to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U. S. Colored Troops,
Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to January,
1866.
- Service:
- -Post and garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss., till October, 1864.
Expedition from Haines Bluff up Yazoo River April 19-23. Near Mechanicsburg
April 20. Lake Providence May 27. Moved to mouth of White River, Ark., October
15. Duty there and at Vicksburg, Miss., till February, 1865. Ordered to Algiers,
La., February 26 thence to Barrancas, Fla. March from Pensacola, Fla., to
Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 1. Siege of
Fort Blakely April
1-9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April
12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Return to Mobile and duty there till
June. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence to Texas, and duty on the Rio Grande
and at various points in Texas, till January, 1866. Mustered out January
5, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 3 Officers and 398 Enlisted men by disease. Total 432.
Predecessor unit:
LOUISIANA VOLUNTEERS.
8th REGIMENT INFANTRY (AFRICAN DESCENT).
Organized at Lake Providence, La., May 5, 1863. Attached to African Brigade,
District of Northeast Louisiana. to July, 1863. Post of Vicksburg, District
of Vicksburg, Miss., to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, United States
Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, March, 1864.
- Service:
- -Duty at Lake Providence, La., till July, 1863. Post duty at Vicksburg,
Miss., till March, 1864. Expedition up Yazoo River February 1-March 8, 1864.
Liverpool Heights February 4. Capture of Yazoo City February 4. Satartia
February 7. Occupation of Yazoo City February 9-March 6. Skirmish Yazoo City
March 5. Designation of Regiment changed to 47th U. S. Colored Troops March
11, 1864, which see.
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