1st Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Organized in the District of Columbia May 19 to June 30,
1863. Ordered to Dept. of Virginia and attached to United States Forces, Norfolk
and Portsmouth, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, July to October, 1863.
United States Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to
April, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, 18th Corps, Army of the
James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps,
to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to March, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1865.
Dept. of North Carolina to muster out.
SERVICE.-Duty at Norfolk, Portsmouth and Yorktown, Va., till April, 1864.
Expedition from Norfolk to South Mills, Camden Court House, etc., N. C.,
December 5-24, 1863. Butler's operations south of James River and against
Petersburg and Richmond, Va., May 4-June 15. Action at
Wilson's Wharf May
24. Assaults on
Petersburg June 15-18. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December
7, 1864. Explosion of
Mine, Petersburg, July 30. Demonstration on north side of the James River
September 28-30. Battle of
Chaffin's Farm, New
Market Heights, September 28-30. Fort Harrison September 29. Battle of
Fair Oaks October
27-28. Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N. C.,
January 7-15, 1865. Assault on and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf
Hill January 19. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-20.
Capture of Wilmington
February 22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March
1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21.
Cox's Bridge March 23-24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh
April 13. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in
thc Dept. of North Carolina till September. Mustered out September 29, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 1 Officer and 113 Enlisted men by disease. Total 185.