UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
48th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized March 11, 1864, from 10th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent).
Attached to 1st Colored Brigade, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to April,
1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of
Vicksburg, Miss., to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, United States
Colored Troops, Military Division West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West Florida, to
June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to January, 1866.
- Service:
- Garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss., till February, 1865. Expedition
from Vicksburg to Rodney and Fayette September 29-October 3, 1864. Ordered
to Algiers, La., February 26, 1865; 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. Duty there and at Mobile till June.
Moved to New Orleans, La., thence to Texas. Duty at various points on the
Rio Grande till January, 1866. Mustered out January 4, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 59 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 1 Officer and 464 Enlisted men by disease. Total 527.
Predecessor unit:
LOUISIANA VOLUNTEERS.
10th REGIMENT INFANTRY (AFRICAN DESCENT).
Organized at Lake Providence and Goodrich Landing, La., May 6 to August 8,
1863. Attached to Post of Goodrich Landing, La., District Northeast Louisiana,
to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, U. S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg,
Miss., to March, 1864.
- Service:
- Duty at Lake Providence and Goodrich Landing, La., till January,
1864. Tensas Bayou May 9 and August 10, 1863. Duty at Vicksburg, Miss., till
March, 1864. Designation of Regiment changed to 48th U. S. Colored Troops
March 11, 1864, which see.
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