UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
59th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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Organized March 11, 1864, from 1st Tennessee Infantry (African Descent).
Attached to 1st Colored Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., Dept. of Tennessee,
to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Infantry Division, Sturgis' Expedition, to June,
1864. 1st Colored Brigade, District of Memphis, District of West Tennessee,
to February, 1865. Fort Pickering, Defences of Memphis, Tenn., District of
West Tennessee, to July, 1865. 2nd Brigade, District of West Tennessee, to
September, 1865. Dept. of Tennessee to January, 1866.
- Service:
- -Post and garrison duty at Memphis, Tenn., till June, 1864. Sturgis'
Expedition from Memphis into Mississippi June 1-13. Battle of Brice's Cross
Roads, Guntown, June 10. Ripley June 11. Davis Mill June 12. Smith's Expedition
to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21. Near Ripley July 7. Pontotoc July 11-12. Camargo's
Cross Roads, Harrisburg, July 13.
Tupelo July 14-15.
Old Town Creek July 15. Post and garrison duty at Memphis, Tenn., and in
District of West Tennessee till January, 1866. Repulse of Forest's attack
on Memphis August
21, 1864. Mustered out January 31, 1866.
Predecessor unit:
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS.
1st REGIMENT INFANTRY (AFRICAN DESCENT).
Organized at LaGrange June 6, 1863. Mustered in June 27, 1863. Attached to District of Corinth, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to November, 1863. Post of Corinth, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. 1st Colored Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864.
- Service:
- -Post duty at LaGrange, Tenn., till September, 1863. Moved to Corinth, Miss., and post and garrison duty there till January, 1864. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., and post and garrison duty there till March. Designation changed to 59th United States Colored Troops March 11, 1865 (which see).
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