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United States Colored Troops skirmishing in Dutch Gap, Virginia, 1864 Taylor, young drummer boy for 78th Colored Troops Infantry, in rags Taylor, young drummer boy for 78th Colored Troops Infantry, in uniform with drum Union soldier in uniform with family-recently Identified as Sgt Samuel Smith of the 119th USCT and family [1]
Established in response to a demand for more units from Union Army commanders, USCT regiments, which numbered 175 in total by the end of the war in 1865, constituted about one-tenth of the manpower of the army, according to historian Kelly Mezurek, author of For Their Own Cause: The 27th United States Colored Troops (The Kent State University ...
This category relates to individual regiments, organizations, and batteries raised as part of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. For more information, see Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War .
The 22nd United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops, which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.
Following the second Confiscation, several states formed regiments of colored troops that varied in size and lacked true competence due to a lack of leadership and equipment. By May 1863, As part of official US War Department policy, the US War Department issued General Order 143 to standardize the training and enlistment of African Americans ...
The 26th United States Colored Infantry, also called the 26th New York Infantry (Colored) was an African American infantry regiment, one of three colored troop units from the state of New York, 1 that fought in the American Civil War. The unit was organized on Riker's Island in February 1864 by the Union League Club of New York.
The 5th United States Colored Cavalry was a regiment of the United States Army organized as one of the units of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. The 5th USCC was one of the more notable black fighting units. It was officially organized in Kentucky in October 1864, after its first two battles.
The 4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African-American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War.A part of the United States Colored Troops, the regiment saw action in Virginia and North Carolina, taking part in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, North Carolina, and the Carolinas Campaign.