UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
87th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry (Old Organization)
- Overview:
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Organized April 4, 1864, from 16th Corps de Afrique Infantry. Attached to
2nd Division, 13th Corps, to June, 1864. Colored Brigade, United States Forces,
Texas, to July, 1864.
- Service:
- Duty at Brazos Santiago, Point Isabel and Brownsville, Texas, till
July, 1864. Consolidated with 95th United States Colored Troops July 6, 1864,
to form new 81st United States Colored Troops. Redesignated 87th (New) December
10, 1864.
Predecessor unit:
CORPS DE AFRIQUE.-UNITED STATES COLORED VOLUNTEERS.
16th REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Organized at New Orleans, La., October 8, 1863. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Corps de Afrique, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1863. Unattached 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps. Dept. of the Gulf, to April, 1864.
- Service:
- Rio Grande Expedition, and operations on the coast of Texas October 27-December 2, 1863. At Brazos Island, Brownsville and Point Isabel, Texas, till April, 1864. Designation of Regiment changed to 87th United States Colored Troops April 4, 1864 (which see).
- Soldiers:
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