UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
50th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized March 11, 1864, from 12th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent).
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District
of Vicksburg, Miss., to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Corps,
to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops,
District of Vicksburg, Miss., to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
United States Colored Troops, Military Division West Mississippi, to June,
1865. Dept. of the Gulf to March, 1866.
- Service:
- Post and garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss., till February, 1865.
Expedition from Haines Bluff to Yazoo River April 19-23, 1864. Near Mechanicsburg
April 20. Expedition from Vicksburg to Rodney and Fayette September 29-October
3. Ordered to Algiers, La., February 26, 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. At Greenville June 16. Duty at various points in
Dept. of the Gulf till March, 1866. Mustered out March 20, 1866.
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