UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
76th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized April 4, 1864, from 4th Corps de Afrique Infantry. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Corps de Afrique, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864. Post of Port Hudson, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West Florida, to May, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West Florida, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to December, 1865.
- Service:
- -Garrison duty at Port Hudson, La., till February, 1865. Ordered to Algiers, La., February 21; 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 various points in Alabama to June, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans, La., thence to Texas, and duty on the Rio Grande till December. Mustered out December 31, 1865.
Predecessor units:
CORPS DE AFRIQUE.-UNITED STATES COLORED VOLUNTEERS
4th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized June 6, 1863, from 4th Louisiana Native Guard Infantry. Attached
to 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1863. Defences
of New Orleans to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Corps de Afrique,
Dept. of the Gulf, to April, 1864.
- Service:
- -Assault on Port
Hudson June 14, 1863. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Garrison duty
at Forts St. Phillip and Jackson, Mississippi River, August 7, 1863, to February
20, 1864. Moved to Port Hudson, La., February 20-22, and duty there till
April. Designation of Regiment changed to 76th United States Colored Troops
April 4, 1864 (which see).
LOUISIANA VOLUNTEERS.
4th REGIMENT NATIVE GUARD INFANTRY.
Organized at New Orleans, La., February 10, 1863. Attached to 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to June, 1863.
- Service:
- -Duty in the Defences of New Orleans, La., till March, 1863, and at Baton Rouge, La., till May. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Designation of Regiment changed to 4th Regiment, Corps de Afrique, June 6, 1863.
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