76th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

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Title
76th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Alternate name
76th Infantry, USCT
Allegiance
United States of America
Description
Organized April 4, 1864, from 4th Corps de Afrique Infantry. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Corps de Afrique, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864. Post of Port Hudson, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West Florida, to May, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West Florida, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to December, 1865.
Garrison duty at Port Hudson, La., till February, 1865. Ordered to Algiers, La., February 21; thence to Barrancas, Fla. March from Pensacola, Fla., to Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 1. Siege of Fort Blakely April 1-9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there and at various points in Alabama to June, 1865. Ordered to New Orleans, La., thence to Texas, and duty on the Rio Grande till December. Mustered out December 31, 1865. --From 'Battle Unit Details,' National Park Service
Began
4 Apr 1864
Ended
31 Dec 1865
Years duration
1864-1865
Participant in
Civil War, 1861-1865
Item sets
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