UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
60th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized March 11, 1864, from 1st Iowa Colored Infantry. Attached to District
of Eastern Arkansas, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade,
1st Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to October,
1865.
- Service:
- Post and garrison duty at Helena, Ark., till April, 1865. Expedition
from Helena to Big Creek July 25, 1864. Action at Wallace's Ferry, Big Creek,
July 26. Expedition to Kent's Landing August 11-13. Expedition up White River
August 29-September 3 (Cos. "C" and "F"). Scout to Alligator Bayou September
9-14 (Detachment). Scouts to Alligator Bayou September 22-28 and October
1-4. Expedition to Harbert's Plantation, Miss., January 11-16, 1865 (Co.
"C"). Moved to Little Rock April 8, 1865, and duty there till August 20.
Moved to Duvall's Bluff, thence to Jacksonport, Ark. Duty there and at various
points in Sub-District of White River, in White, Augusta, Franklin and Fulton
Counties, Powhatan on Black River and at Batesville till September. Mustered
out at Duvall's Bluff October 15, 1865. Discharged November 2, 1865
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