Civil War Battles -- United States Colored Troops

Civil War Battles

United States Colored Troops

Researched and Compiled by Bennie J. McRae, Jr.

NOTE: Listed below are regimental designations as of the end of the Civil War. Many regiments when organized were assigned State or Corps d' Afrique designations and redesignated after the establishment of the Bureau of Colored Troops on May 22, 1863 under General Order No. 143 by order of the Secretary of War. For example, the 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment was organized as the 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (African Descent); the 79th U.S. Infantry Regiment, organized as 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers; the 78th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, organized as the 6th Infantry Corps d' Afrique; the 5th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, organized as the 127th Ohio Infantry (African Descent), etc.

Another example, during the Battle of Milliken's Bend, Louisiana the participating regiments were designated as follows; 9th Louisiana Volunteers (5th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery), 11th Louisiana Volunteers (49th U.S. Colored Infantry), and 1st Mississippi Volunteers (51st U.S. Colored Infantry).

A number of regiments not listed below participated in minor skrimishes or performed mostly picket or other non-combat duties, therefore show no record of participation in any major battle or skirmish.

Four regiments maintained State designations throughout the war: 54th and 55th Massachusetts Volunteers, 5th Massachusetts Colored Cavalry, and the 29th Connecticut Infantry.

ABBREVIATIONS

BTRY = Unit of Light Artillery
CONN INF = Connecticut Volunteer Infantry
MASS INF = Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
USCC = United States Colored Cavalry Regiment
USCHA = United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment
USCI = United States Colored Infantry Regiment
USCLA = United States Colored Light Artillery Regiment

- CHRONOLOGY -

1862

DATE/S	LOCATION	REGIMENT/S	STATE/ORG
October 27 & 28	Island Mound, MO	79th USCI (NEW)	KS

1863

January 26	Township, FL	33rd USCI	SC
April 9	East Pascagoula, MS	74th USCI	LA
March 29	Jacksonville, FL	33rd USCI	SC
May 18	Sherwood, MO	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
May 22 to July 8	Port Hudson, LA	73rd USCI	LA
		75th USCI	LA
		78th USCI	LA
		79th USCI (OLD)	LA
		80th USCI	LA
		81st USCI	LA
		82nd USCI	LA
		95th USCI	LA
May 27	Lake Providence, LA 47th USCI	LA
June 5 thru 7	Milliken's Bend, LA	5th USCHA	MS
		49th USCI	LA
		51st USCI	MS
June 29	Mound Plantation, LA	46th USCI	AR
		49th USCI	LA
		51st USCI	MS
July 1 & 2	Cabin Creek, CN	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
July 10	Milltown Bluff, SC	33rd USCI	SC
July 16	James Island, SC	54th MASS INF	MA
July 17	Honey Springs, IT	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
July 18	Fort Wagner, SC	54th MASS INF	MA
July 27	Lawrence, KS	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
August 3	Jackson, LA	73rd USCI	LA
		75th USCI	LA
		78th USCI	LA
August 10	Bayou Tensas, LA	48th USCI	LA
August 26	Fort Wagner, SC	3rd USCI	PA
August 27	Vicksburg, MS	5th USCHA	MS
September 6	Fort Wagner, SC	54th MASS INF	MA
October 6	Baxter's Springs, KS	83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
November 9	Bayou Tunica, LA	73rd USCI	LA
November 11	Natchez, MS	58th USCI	MS
November 17	Bayou St. Louis, MS	91st USCI	LA
November 24	Hall Island, SC	33rd USCI	SC
November 26	Plymouth, NC	10th USCI	VA
December 4	Moscow Station, TN	61st USCI	TN
December 13	Bayou Boeuf, AR	3rd USCC	MS
December 18	Sandy Swamp, NC	5th USCI	OH
December 18	Indiantown, NC	36th USCI	NC

1864

January 20	Island No. 76, MS	2nd USCLA Btry E	LA
February 3	Haynes' Bluff, MS	53rd USCI	MS
February 3	Liverpool Heights, MS	47th USCI	LA
February 4	Columbia, LA	66th USCI	MS
February 13	Vicksburg, MS	52nd USCI	MS
February 14	Ross' Landing, AR	51st USCI	MS
February 14	Waterproof, LA	49th USCI	LA
February 17	Horse-Head Creek, AR	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
February 20	Olustee, FL	8th USCI	PA
		35th USCI	NC
		54th MASS INF	MA
February 28	Yazoo Expedition, MS	3rd USCC	MS
March 2	New Kent Court House, VA	5th USCI	OH
March 4	Williamsburg, VA	6th USCI	PA
March 5	Yazoo City, MS	3rd USCC	MS
		47th USCI	LA
March 9	Suffolk, VA	2nd USCC	VA
March 20	Pass Manchas, LA	10th USCHA	LA
March 20	Roseville Creek, AR	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
March 24	Goodrich's Landing, LA	66th USCI	MS
March 25	Fort Anderson, KY	8th USCHA	KY
March 31	Roache's Plantation, MS	3rd USCC	MS
April--	Haynes' Bluff, MS	3rd USCC	MS
April 1	Plymouth, NC	37th USCI	NC
April 9	Pleasant Hill, LA	75th USCI	LA
April 12	Fort Pollow, TN	2nd USCLA Btry F	TN
		11th USCI (NEW)	AL
April 13	Indian Bay, AR	56th USCI	AR
April 13	Prairie D'Ann, AR	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
		83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
April 18	Plymouth, NC	10th USCI	VA
April 18	Poison Springs, AR	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
April 20	Waterproof, LA	63rd USCI	LA
April 24	Camden, AR	57th USCI	AR
April 25	Natchez, MS	98th USCI	LA
April 26	Berwick, LA	98th USCI	LA
April 26 & 28	Little Rock, AR	57th USCI	AR
April 30	Jenkins' Ferry, AR	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
		83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
May--	Red River Expedition, LA	92nd USCI	LA
May 1	Jacksonville, FL	7th USCI	MD
May 1 & 4	Ashwood Landing, LA	64th USCI	LA
May 3	"City Belle," Steamer, LA	73rd USCI	LA
May 4	Jenkins' Ferry, AR	83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
May 4	Bermuda Hundred, VA	4th USCI	MD
May 4	Saline River, AR	83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
May 6	City Point, VA	5th USCI	OH
May 10	Drury's Bluff, VA	2nd USCC	VA
May 13	Pulaski, TN	111th USCI	AL
May 13	Point Lookout, VA	36th USCI	NC
May 13	Yazoo City, MS	3rd USCC	MS
May 15	Mount Pleasant Landing, LA	67th USCI	MO
May 16	Ashepoo River, SC	34th USCI	SC
May 16	Drury's Bluff, VA	2nd USCC	VA
May 18	Morganzia, LA	73rd USCI	LA
May 20	Drury's Bluff, VA	2nd USCC	VA
May 20	Bermuda Hundred, VA	1st USCC	VA
May 21	James Island, SC	55th MASS INF	MA
May 23	St. John's River, SC	35th USCI	NC
May 24	Nashville, TN	15th USCI	TN
May 24	Wilson's Wharf, VA	2nd USCLA Btry B	VA
		1st USCI	DC
		10th USCI	VA
May 28	Jacksonville, FL	7th USCI	MD
May 31	Dallas, GA	110th USCI	AL
June--	City Point, VA	2nd USCLA Btry B	VA
June 2	Davis' Bend, LA	64th USCI	LA
June 4	Vicksburg, MS	3rd USCC	MS
June 7	Ripley, MS	55th USCI	AL
June 9	Point of Rocks, VA	2nd USCC	VA
June 10	Brice's Cross Roads, MS	2nd USCLA Btry F	TN
		55th USCI	AL
		59th USCI	TN
June 11	Wilson's Landing, VA	1st USCC	VA
June 15	Moscow, TN	55th USCI	AL
June 15-Apr 2, 1865	Petersburg, VA	5th MASS CAV	MA
		1st USCI	DC
		4th USCI	MD
		5th USCI	OH
		6th USCI	PA
		7th USCI	MD
		10th USCI	VA
		19th USCI	MD
		22nd USCI	PA
		23rd USCI	VA
		27th USCI	OH
		28th USCI	IN
		29th USCI	IL
		29th CONN INF	CT
		30th USCI	MD
		31st USCI	NY
		36th USCI	NC
		39th USCI	MD
		41st USCI	PA
		43rd USCI	PA
		45th USCI	PA
		116th USCI	KY
June 16	Pierson's Farm, VA	36th USCI	NC
June 23	Jones' Bridge, VA	28th USCI	IN
June 24	New Market Heights, VA	22nd USCI	PA
June 25	Ashwood, MS	63rd USCI	LA
June 25	Point Pleasant, LA	64th USCI	LA
June 29	Meffleton Lodge, AR	56th USCI	AR
June 29	Davis' Bend	64th USCI	LA
July--	Bayou Mason, MS	66th USCI	MS
July--	Floyd, LA	51st USCI	MS
July 1 & 2	James Island, SC	33rd USCI	SC
		55th MASS INF	MA
July 2	Pine Bluff, AR	64th USCI	LA
July 4	Vicksburg, MS	48th USCI	LA
July 4	Coleman's Plantation, MS	52nd USCI	MS
July 5	Jackson, MS	3rd USCC	MS
July 5 & 7	James Island, SC	7th USCI	MD
July 5 & 7	John's Island, SC	26th USCI	NY
July 9	John's Island, SC	7th USCI	MD
		34th USCI	SC
July 10	Issequena County, MS	66th USCI	MS
July 13 thru 15	Tupelo, MS	59th USCI	TN
		61st USCI	TN
		68th USCI	MO
July 16	Goodrich's Landing, LA	66th USCI	MS
July 16	Grand Gulf, MS	53rd USCI	MS
July 22	Barrancas, FL	82nd USCI	LA
July 22	Vidalia, LA	6th USCHA	KY
July 26	Wallace's Ferry, AR	56th USCI	AR
July 26	Big Creek, AR	2nd USCLA Btry E	AR
		60th USCI	IA
July 27	Black Creek, FL	35th USCI	NC
July 30	Bayou Tensas, LA	66th USCI	MS
August--	Fort Pocahontas, VA	1st USCC	VA
August 2	Helena, AR	64th USCI	LA
August 2 to 8	Fort Gaines, AL	96th USCI	LA
August 5	Concordia Bayou, LA	6th USCHA	MS
August 5	Cabin Point, VA	1st USCC	VA
August 6	Indian Village, LA	11th USCHA	RI
August 14 to 18	Deep Bottom, VA	7th USCI	MD
		9th USCI	MD
August 15 & 16	Dalton, GA	14th USCI	TN
August 16 & 17	Waterford, MS	55th USCI	AL
		61st USCI	TN
August 17	Issequena County, MS	66th USCI	MS
August 18	Decatur, TN	1st USCHA	TN
August 21	Memphis, TN	61st USCI	TN
August 21	Fort Taylor, FL	2nd USCI	VA
August 24	Fort Smith, AR	11th USCI (OLD)	AR
August 24	Dutch Gap, VA	22nd USCI	PA
August 24 & 25	Bermuda Hundred, VA	7th USCI	MD
August 25	Clinton, LA	4th USCC	LA
August 26	Bayou Tensas, LA	66TH USCI	MS
August 27	Owensboro, KY	108th USCI	KY
August 28	Holly Springs, MS	11th USCI (NEW)	AL
August 29	Ghent, KY	117th USCI	KY
August 30	Smithfield, VA	1st USCC	VA
September 2	Deep Bottom, VA	2nd USCC	VA
September 4	N. and N. W. R.R., TN	100th USCI	KY
September 6	Deep Bottom, VA	2nd USCC	VA
September 7	Dutch Gap, VA	4th USCI	MD
September 14	Camp Marengo, LA	63rd USCI	LA
September 16	Fort Gibson, CN	79th USCI (NEW) KS
September 24	Athens, AL	106th USCI	AL
		110th USCI	AL
		111th USCI	AL
September 25	Johnsonville, TN	13th USCI	TN
September 25	Henderson, KY	118th USCI	KY
September 25	Sulphur Branch Trestle, AL	111th USCI	AL
September 26	Richland, TN	111th USCI	AL
September 27	Mariana, FL	82nd USCI	LA
September 29 & 30	Chapin's Farm, VA	2nd USCC	VA
		1st USCI	DC
		4th USCI	MD
		5th USCI	OH
		6th USCI	PA
		7th USCI	MD
		8th USCI	PA
		9th USCI	MD
		22nd USCI	PA
		29th CONN INF	CT
		36th USCI	NC/VA
		37th USCI	NC/VA
		38th USCI	VA
October 1	Deep Bottom, VA	38th USCI	VA
October 2	Saltville, VA	5th USCC	KY
		6th USCC	KY
October 4	Fillmore, VA	1st USCI	DC
October 5	Fort Adams, LA	3rd USCC	MS
October 10	Eastport, MS	61st USCI	TN
October 10	South Tunnel, TN	40th USCI	TN
October 11	Fort Donelson, TN	4th USCHA	MS
Octobet 13	Darbytown Road, VA	7th USCI	MD
		8th USCI	PA
		9th USCI	MD
		29th CONN INF	CT
October 15	Bayou Bidell, LA	52nd USCI	MS
October 15	Glasgow, MO	62nd USCI	MO
October 20	Waterloo, LA	75th USCI	LA
October 21	Bryant's Plantation, FL	3rd USCI	PA
October 21	Harrodsburg, KY	5th USCC	KY
October 22	White River, AR	53rd USCI	MS
October 27 & 28	Fair Oaks, VA	1st USCI	DC
		5th USCI	OH
		9th USCI	MD
		22nd USCI	PA
		29th CONN INF	CT
		37th USCI	NC
October 27 & 28	Hatcher's Run, VA	27th USCI	OH
		39th USCI	MD
		41st USCI	PA
		43rd USCI	PA
		45th USCI	PA
October 28 & 29	Decatur, AL	14th USCI	TN
October 28 & 29	Richmond, VA	2nd USCC	VA
		7th USCI	MD
October 31	Deep Bottom, VA	127th USCI	PA
November 1	Black River, LA	6th USCHA	MS
November 4	Chapin's Farm, VA	22nd USCI	PA
November 14	Cow Creek, KS	54th USCI	AR
November 17	Dutch Gap, VA	36th USCI	NC
November 19	Ash Bayou, LA	93rd USCI	LA
November 19	Timber Hill, CN	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
November 22	Rolling Fork, MS	3rd USCC	MS
November 23	Morganzia, LA	84th USCI	LA
November 24	Sec. 37, N. & N.W.R.R.,TN	12th USCI	TN
November 26	Madison Station, AL	101st USCI	TN
November 30	Bermuda Hundred, VA	19th USCI	MD
November 30	Honey Hill, SC	32nd USCI	PA
		35th USCI	NC
		54th MASS INF	MA
		55th MASS INF	MA
		102nd USCI	MI
December 1	Bermuba Hundred, VA	39th USCI	MD
December 2	Nashville, TN	44th USCI	GA
December 4	Bermuda Hundred, VA	19th USCI	MD
December 5	Gregory's Farm, SC	26th USCI	NY
December 7	Nashville, TN	18th USCI	MO
December 7, 8, & 9	Deveaux Neck, SC	32nd USCI	PA
		34th USCI	SC
		55th MASS INF	MA
		102nd USCI	MI
December 9	Gregory's Farm, SC	26th USCI	NY
December 10	Fort Burnham, VA	41st USCI	PA
December 12	Hopkinsville, KY	5th USCC	KY
December 13	Bermuda Hundred, VA	23rd USCI	VA
December 15 & 16	Nashville, TN	12th USCI	TN
		13th USCI	TN
		14th USCI	TN
		17th USCI	TN
		18th USCI	MO
		100th USCI	KY
December 17	Mitchell's Creek, FL	82nd USCI	LA
December 17 & 18	Pine Barren Ford, FL	82nd USCI	LA
December 17 thru 19	Pine Barren Creek, AL	97th USCI	LA
December 18	Marion, VA	6th USCC	KY
December 18	Arkansas River, AR	54th USCI	AR
December 19	Rector's Farm, AR	83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
December 20	Saltville, VA	5th USCC	KY
December 21	Nashville, TN	44th USCI	GA
December 22	McKay's Point SC	26th USCI	NY
December 24	Murfreesboro, TN	12th USCI	TN
December 24	Fort Smith, AR	83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
December 27 & 28	Decatur, AL	17th USCI	TN

1865

January--	Big Springs, KY	12th USCHA	KY
January 2	Franklin, MS	3rd USCC	MS
January 5	Mud Creek, AL	106th USCI	AL
January 5	Smithfield, KY	6th USCC	KY
January 7	Magnolia, TN	15th USCI	TN
January 8	Scottsboro, AL	101st USCI	TN
January 8	Joy's Ford, AR	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
January 17	"Lotus" Steamer, AR	83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
January 18	Clarksville, AR	79th USCI (NEW)	KS
January 19	Sugar Loaf Hill, NC	6th USCI	PA
January 24	Boggs' Mills, AR	11th USCI (OLD)	AR
January 24	Fort Brady, VA	118th USCI	KY
January 24	Fort Burnham, VA	7th USCI	MD
January 25	Simpsonville, KY	5th USCC	KY
January 25	Powhatan, VA	1st USCC	VA
January 27	Sand Mountain	18th USCI	MO
February--	Chattanooga, TN	16th USCI	TN
February 9	Salkehatchie, SC	102nd USCI	MI
February 10	James Island, SC	55th MASS INF	MA
February 11	Federal Point, NC	39th USCI	MD
February 11	Sugar Loaf Hill, NC	4th USCI	MD
		6th USCI	PA
		30th USCI	MD
February 16	Cedar Keys, FL	2nd USCI	VA
February 17	"Chippewia," Steamer, AR	83rd USCI (NEW)	KS
February 18	Fort Jones, KY	12th USCHA	KY
February 20	Town Creek, NC	1st USCI	DC
February 22	Wilmington, NC	1st USCI	DC
February 25	Briggen Creek, SC	55th MASS INF	MA
March 1	St. Stephen's SC	55th MASS INF	MA
March 6	Natural Bridge, FL	2nd USCI	VA
		99th USCI	LA
March 8	"Alliance" Steamer, FL	99th USCI	LA
March 10	Marion County, FL	3rd USCI	PA
March 15	Yazoo City, MS	3rd USCC	MS
March 18	Boyd's Station, AL	101st USCI	TN
March 18	Amite River, LA	77th USCI	LA
March 24	Cox's Bridge, NC	30tn USCI	MD
March 25	Brawley Fork, TN	17th USCI	TN
March 27 to April 8	Spanish Fort, AL	68th USCI	MO
March 31	White Oak Road, VA	29th USCI	IL
March 31 to April 9	Fort Blakely, AL	47th USCI	LA
		48th USCI	LA
		50th USCI	LA
		51st USCI	MS
		68th USCI	MO
		73rd USCI	LA
		76th USCI	LA
		82nd USCI	LA
		86th USCI	LA
April 4	Jacksonville, FL	3rd USCI	PA
April 6	Warsaw, NC	1st USCI	DC
April 7	Raleigh, NC	5th USCI	OH
April 9	Appomattox Court House, VA	41st USCI	PA
April 18	Boykin's Mills, SC	54th MASS INF	MA
April 18	Bradford's Springs SC	102nd USCI	MI
April 18	Taylorsville, KY	119th USCI	KY
April 19	Swift's Creek, SC	102nd USCI	MI
May--	Saline River, AR	54th USCI	AR
May 15	Palmetto Ranch, TX	62nd USCI	MO
September--	Fort Gibson, CN	54th USCI	AR
November 4	Cabin Creek, CN	54th USCI	AR

DATA SOURCES AND REFERENCES:

Dyer, Frederick H. A COMPENDIUM OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. (3 Volumes).
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
Gladstone, William A. UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS 1863-1867. Gettysburg:
Thomas Publications, 1990.
United States War Department. THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. (Numerous 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, 1861-1865. Hartford, CT.:
American Publishing Company, 1890. (Copyright 1968 by Arno Press, Inc., and reprinted by Ayer Company Publishers, Inc., 1992.

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