86th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Organized April 4, 1864, from 14th Corps de Afrique
Infantry. Attached to District of West Florida, Dept. of the Gulf, to October,
1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the
Gulf, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of West Florida, to January,
1865. 3rd Brigade, District of West Florida, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade,
District of West Florida, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, United
States Colored Troops, Steele's Command, to May, 1865. District of West Florida
to July, 1865. Dept. of Florida to April, 1866.
SERVICE.- Duty at Barrancas, Fla., till March, 1865. 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 May 19. Garrison at Fort
Morgan May 19 to July. Duty at Pensacola and other points in the Dept. of
Florida till April, 1866. Mustered out April 10, 1866.
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