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[We] find, according to the revised official data, that of the slightly over two millions troops in the United States Volunteers, over 316,000 died (from all causes), or 15.2%. Of the 67,000 Regular Army (white) troops, 8.6%, or not quite 6,000, died. Of the approximately 180,000 United States Colored Troops, however, over 36,000 died, or 20.5%.
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]
Martin Delany was commissioned as a major, the first African-American field officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and was active in recruiting blacks for the United States Colored Troops. Frederick Douglass, on the other hand, encouraged black men to become soldiers to ensure eventual full citizenship. Volunteers began ...
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 .
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 of 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 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.
United States Colored Troops Volunteer Certificates. 1864. Summary: Fifty-one volunteer certificates recording the recruitment of New Jersey men into the United States Colored Troops, chiefly assigned to the 43rd and 45th regiments. Certificates include name, age, height, date, and congressional district/municipality credited for each soldier.
The 2nd 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.