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VIRGINIA'S UNITED STATES
COLORED TROOPS
in the
CIVIL WAR
In memory of
the late Fred Hinson
Research Associate
Luray, Virginia
In remembrance of the thousands of Black men from Virginia and surrounding states who served as soldiers in the Union Army; the thousands of men and women (CONTRABANDS), who escaped slavery or were liberated, that worked for the Union Army as scouts, spies, nurses, laundresses, stevedores, foragers, general laborers, field hands, blacksmiths, teamsters, cooks, servants; and the thousands of men, women and children who were not able to escape the bondage of slavery and did not experience freedom until the end of the Civil War or after ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
| "Dispatch relative to the negro troops received. I told you they would do well in my department. My colored troops, under General Paine, 2,500 strong, carried intrenchments at the point of the bayonet that in a former movement across the river stopped double their numbers. It was most gallantly done with most severe loss. Their praises are in the mouths of every officer in this army. Treated fairly and disciplined, they have fought most heroically." Excerpt from a letter by Major General Benjamin F. Butler, Commander, Army of the James to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton - October 3, 1864. |
UNITS
(Places of organization and dates)
USCC
= United States Colored
Cavalry
USCHA = United States Colored Heavy Artillery
USCLA = United States Colored Light Artillery
USCI = United States Colored Infantry
1ST UNITED STATES COLORED CAVALRY (Camp Hamilton - 12/22/1863)
2ND UNITED STATES COLORED CAVALRY (Fort Monroe - 12/22/1863)
BATTERY B - 2ND UNITED STATES COLORED LIGHT ARTILLERY (Fort Monroe - 1/8/1864)
2ND UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY (Arlington - 6/20-11/11/1863)
10TH UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY (Virginia - 11/18/1863)
23RD UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY (Camp Casey - 11/23/1863- 6/30/1864)
38TH UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY (Virginia - 1/23/1864)
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36TH UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY (Portsmouth - 2/8/1864, as 2nd North Carolina Colored Regiment)
37TH UNITED STATES COLORED INFANTRY (Norfolk - 2/8/1864, as 3rd North Carolina Colored Infantry Regiment)
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS
CITATIONS
| BARNES, William H. GARDINER, James HARRIS, James JAMES, Miles RATCLIFF, Edward |
38th U. S. Colored Infantry 36th U. S. Colored Infantry 38th U. S. Colored Infantry 36th U. S. Colored Infantry 38th U. S. Colored Infantry |
CORRESPONDENCE - ORDERS -
REPORTS
(Under development)
BATTLE OF SALTVILLE - October 2, 1864
HEADQUARTERS - ARMY OF THE JAMES - October 3, 1864
LETTER TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE JAMES - October 11, 1864
HEADQUARTERS - THIRD DIVISION, EIGHTEENTH ARMY CORPS - November 5, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 297 - ESTABLISHING THE XXV U.S. ARMY CORPS - December 3, 1864
CSA'S PLAN TO PUT SLAVES IN THE TRENCHES - February 11 - April 1, 1865
SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 85(a) - HEADQUARTERS, TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS, ARMY OF THE JAMES - March 27, 1865
THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN - March 27-April 9, 1865
BLACK SOLDIERS ON LEE'S RETREAT - April 2 - 9, 1865
REFERENCES AND SOURCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. A COMPENDIUM OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 3 Volumes. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Gladstone, William A. MEN OF COLOR. Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1993.
National Park Service. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
United States War Department. THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 Volumes. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.
Wilson, Joseph T. THE BLACK PHALANX: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65. Hartford, CT.: American Publishing Company, 1890. (Copyright 1968 by Arno Press, Inc., and reprinted by Ayer Company Publishers, Inc., 1992.)
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Researched and Compiled by
Bennie J. McRae, Jr.
LWF Communications
Trotwood, Ohio
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