79th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry (New Organization)

Title: 79th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry (New Organization)
Alternate name: New 79th Infantry, USCT
Allegiance: United States of America
Description: Organized from 1st Kansas Colored Infantry December 13, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to January, 1865. Colored Brigade, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to October, 1865.; Duty at Fort Smith, Ark., till January, 1865. Skirmish at Ivey's Ford January 8. Ordered to Little Rock January 16. Skirmish at Clarksville, Ark., January 18. Duty at Little Rock, Ark., till July, and at Pine Bluff till October. Mustered out at Pine Bluff, Ark., October 1, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, October 30, 1865.; Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 183 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 165 Enlisted men by disease. Total 354. --From 'Battle Unit Details,' National Park Service
Linked to: 1st Regiment, Kansas Colored Infantry
Began: 13 Dec 1864
Ended: 30 Oct 1865
Years duration: 1864-1865
Source: Battle Unit Details: 79th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry (New Organization)

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