UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
68th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized March 11, 1864, from 4th Missouri Colored Infantry. Attached to
District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to June,
1864. 1st Colored Brigade, Memphis, Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to
December, 1864. Fort Pickering, Defences of Memphis, Tenn., District of West
Tennessee, 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 Texas to February, 1866.
- Service:
- -At St. Louis, Mo., till April 27, 1864. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn.,
and duty in the Defences of that city till February, 1865. Smith's Expedition
to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21, 1864. Camargo's Cross Roads, near Harrisburg,
July 13. Tupelo
July 14-15. Old Town Creek July 15. At Fort Pickering, Defences of Memphis,
Tenn., till February, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans, La., 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 on the Rio Grande
and at various points in Texas till February, 1866. Mustered out February
5, 1866.
Predecessor unit:
MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS.
4th REGIMENT COLORED INFANTRY.
Organized at Benton Barracks, Mo. Designation changed to 68th United States Colored Troops March 11, 1864 (which see).
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