UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS
102nd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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Organized May 23, 1864, from 1st Michigan Colored Infantry. Attached to District
of Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. of the South and District of Beaufort, S. C.,
Dept. of the South, to August, 1864. District of Florida, Dept. of the South,
to October, 1864. 2nd Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South, to November,
1864. 2nd Brigade, Coast Division, Dept. of the South, to February, 1865.
2nd Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South, to March, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade
and Dept. of the South to September, 1865.
- Service:
- Garrison at Port Royal, S. C., till June 15. Moved to Beaufort,
S. C., and garrison duty there till August 1. Moved to Jacksonville, Fla.,
August 1-3. Picket duty at Baldwin till August 15. Attack on Baldwin August
11-12. Raid on Florida Central Railroad August 15-19. At Magnolia till August
29. Moved to Beaufort, S. C., August 29-31, and duty there till January,
1865, engaged in outpost and picket duty on Port Royal, Lady and Coosa Islands.
(A Detachment at Honey Hill November 30, 1864. Demonstration on Charleston
& Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Deveaux's Neck, Tillifinny River, December
6 and 9.) Detachment at Beaufort; rejoined other Detachment at Deveaux's
Neck, S. C., January 24, 1865. Moved to Pocotaligo February 28. Advance on
Charleston February 7-23. Skirmish at Cuckwold Creek February 8 (Cos. "B,"
"E" and "I"). Duty at Charleston Neck till March 9. Moved to Savannah, Ga.,
March 9-16. Moved to Georgetown March 28-April 1. (Right wing of Regiment,
under Chapman, moved to Charleston April 7-9, thence march to join Potter
at Nelson's Ferry April 11-18.) Potter's Expedition from Georgetown to Camden
April 5-29. Statesburg April 15. Occupation of Camden April 17. Boykin's
Mills April 18. Bradford Springs April 18 (right wing). Dingle's Mills April
19. Singleton's Plantation April 19. Beech Creek, near Statesburg, April
19. Moved to Charleston April 29, thence to Summerville May 7-8; to Branchville
May 18; to Orangeburg May 25, and provost duty there till July 28. March
to Winsboro July 28-August 3, and duty there till September. Moved to Charleston
and muster out September 30, 1865.
Predecessor unit:
MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS.
1st REGIMENT COLORED INFANTRY.
Organized at Detroit, Mich., August, 1863, to February, 1864. Mustered in February 17, 1864. Moved to Annapolis, Md., march 29, and joined 9th Army Corps. At Annapolis, Md., till April 15. Ordered to Hilton Head, S.C., April 15. Picket and outpost duty on Hilton Head and St. Helena Islands, S.C., and garrison at Port Royal till June 15. Designation of Regiment changed to 102nd United States Colored Troops May 23, 1864. (See 102nd U.S.C.T.)
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