ORGANIZATION OF UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS IN THE BORDER STATES

REGIMENTS
(Place of Organization and Dates)

KENTUCKY

5th U. S. Colored Cavalry (Camp Nelson - October 24, 1864)
6th U. S. Colored Cavalry (Camp Nelson - October 24, 1864)
8th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (Paducah - April 26, 1864)
12th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (Camp Nelson - July 15, 1864)
13th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (Camp Nelson - June 23, 1864)
72nd U. S. Colored Infantry (Covington - April 18, 1865)
100th U. S. Colored Infantry (Kentucky at large - May 3 - June 1, 1864)
107th U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - May 3 - September 15, 1864)
108th U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - June 20, 1864)
109th U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - July 5, 1864)
114th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - July 4, 1864)
115th U. S. Colored Infantry (Bowling Green - July 15 to October 21, 1864)
116th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - June 6 to July 12, 1864)
117th U. S. Colored Infantry (Covington - July 18 to September 27, 1864)
119th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - January 18 to May 16, 1865)
120th U. S. Colored Infantry (Henderson - November, 1864)
121st U. S. Colored Infantry (Maysville - October 8, 1864)
122nd U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - December 31, 1864)
123rd U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - December 2, 1864)
124th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - January 1 to April 27, 1865)
125th U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - February 12 to June 2, 1865)

MARYLAND

4th U. S. Colored Infantry (Baltimore - July 15 to September 1, 1863)
7th U. S. Colored Infantry (Baltimore - September 26 to November 12, 1863)
9th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Stanton - November 11-30, 1863)
19th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Stanton - December 25, 1863)
30th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Stanton - February 12 to March 18, 1864)
39th U. S. Colored Infantry (Baltimore - March 22-31, 1864)
118th U. S. Colored Infantry (Baltimore - October 19, 1864)

MISSOURI

18th U. S. Colored Infantry (Missouri at large - February 1 to September 28, 1864)
62nd U. S. Colored Infantry (Benton Barracks - as 1st Missouri Volunteers - December, 1863)
65th U. S. Colored Infantry (Benton Barracks - as 2nd Missouri Volunteers - December, 1863)
67th U. S. Colored Infantry (Benton Barracks - as 3rd Missouri Volunteers - January, 1864)
68th U. S. Colored Infantry (Benton Barracks - as 4th Missouri Volunteers - March, 1864)

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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Bennie J. McRae, Jr.
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