40th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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Title
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40th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
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Alternate name
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40th Infantry, USCT
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Allegiance
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United States of America
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Description
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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.
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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
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Began
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29 Feb 1864
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Ended
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25 Apr 1866
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