68th Regiment, United
States Colored Infantry
Organized March 1l, 1864, from 4th Missouri Colored
Infantry. Attached to District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Corps, Dept. of the
Tennessee, to June, 1864. 1st Colored Brigade, Memphis, Tenn., District of
West Tennessee, to December, 1864. Fort Pickering, Defences of Memphis,
Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, United States Colored Troops, Military Division West Mississippi,
to May, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops,
District of West Florida, to June, 1865. Dept. of Texas to February, 1866.
SERVICE.-At St. Louis, Mo., till April 27, 1864. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn.,
and duty in the Defences of that city till February, 1865. Smith's
Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21, 1864. Camargo's Cross Roads, near
Harrisburg, July 13.
Tupelo July 14-15. Old Town Creek July 15. At Fort Pickering, Defences
of Memphis, Tenn., till February, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans, La., 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., thence to Texas. Duty on
the Rio Grande and at various points in Texas till February, 1866. Mustered
out February 5, 1866.
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