40th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

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Title
40th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Alternate name
40th Infantry, USCT
Allegiance
United States of America
Description
Organized at Nashville (Tenn.), February 29, 1864. Attached to Defenses of Louisville Camp; Nashville Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to June, 1864. Defenses Nashville Camp; Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. Defenses of Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Department of the Cumberland, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland, to July, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District East Tennessee, to August, 1865, Department of the Tennessee to April, 1866.
Railroad guard duty entire term, on Nashville & Louisville Railroad and Nashville Camp; Northwestern Railroad, and in District of East Tennessee. Action at South Tunnel, Tenn., October 10, 1864. Mustered out April 25, 1866. --From 'Battle Unit Details,' National Park Service
Began
29 Feb 1864
Ended
25 Apr 1866
Participant in
Civil War, 1861-1865
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