United States Colored Troops.
1st United States Colored Regiment Cavalry
Organized at Camp Hamilton, Va., December 22, 1863.Attached to Fort Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
Unattached Williamsburg, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, to August, 1864.
Defenses of Portsmouth Va., District of Eastern Virginia, to May, 1865.
Cavalry Brigade, 25th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and Dept. of Texas, to February, 1866.
Service.
Duty at Fort Monroe and Williamsburg, Va., till May, 1864.Reconnoissance in Kings and Queens county February, 1864.
Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28.
Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5.
Swift Creek May 8-10.
Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16.
Actions at Drury's Bluff May 10-14-15 and 16.
In trenches at Bermuda Hundred till June 18.
Bayler's Farm June 15.
Assaults on Petersburg June 16-19.
Siege of Petersburg till August.
Action at Deep Bottom July 27-28.
Ordered to Fort Monroe August 3.
Duty at Newport News and at Portsmouth and in District of Eastern Virginia till May, 1865.
Cos. “E” and “I” Detached at Fort Powhatan and Harrison's Landing August, 1864, to May, 1865.
Moved to City Point, Va., thence sailed for Texas June 10.
Duty on the Rio Grande and at various points in Texas till February, 1866.
Mustered out February 4, 1866.
2nd United States Colored Regiment Cavalry
Organized at Fort Monroe, Va., December 22, 1863.Attached to Fort Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
Unattached Williamsburg, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, to August, 1864.
Unattached 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864.
Unattached 25th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1865.
Cavalry Brigade, 25th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and Dept. of Texas, to February, 1866.
Service.
Duty at Fort Monroe, Portsmouth and Williamsburg, Va., till May, 1864.Demonstration on Portsmouth March 4-5.
Action near Suffolk March 10.
Reconnoissance from Portsmouth to the Blackwater April 13-15.
Butler's operations on the south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28.
Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5.
Swift Creek May 8-10.
Operations against Fort Darling May 10-16.
Actions at Drury's Bluff May 10-13-14-15 and 16.
Near Drury's Bluff May 20.
Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred till June 13.
Point of Rocks June 10.
Richmond Campaign June 13-July 31.
Baylor's Farm June 15.
Assaults on Petersburg June 16-19.
Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to February 18, 1865.
Duty before Petersburg till July, 1864.
Moved to Deep Bottom July 25.
Action at Deep Bottom July 27-28.
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
Actions at Deep Bottom September 2 and 6.
Chaffin's Farm September 29-30.
Barbytown Road October 7.
Battle of Fair Oaks, Darbytown Road October 27-28.
Near Richmond October 28-29.
Duty in trenches north of James River till February, 1865.
Ordered to Norfolk February 18.
Duty in District of Eastern Virginia at Norfolk, Suffolk, etc., till May.
Ordered to City Point, Va.; thence sailed for Texas June 10.
Duty on the Rio Grande and at various points in Texas till February, 1866.
Mustered out February 12, 1866.
3rd United States Colored Regiment Cavalry
Organized from 1st Mississippi Cavalry (African Descent) March 11, 1864.Attached to 1st Brigade, United States Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., Dept. of the Tennessee, to April, 1864.
Winslow's Cavalry Brigade, District of Vicksburg, to December, 1864.
3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to January, 1865.
Unattached Cavalry, District of West Tennessee to June, 1865.
1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to January, 1866.
Service.
Duty at Vicksburg, Miss., and in that District till December, 1864.Action at Roach's Plantation, Miss., March 30.
Columbus, Ky., April 11 and 13 (Detachment).
Expedition from Haines' Bluff up Yazoo River April 19-23.
Near Mechanicsburg April 20.
Expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City May 4-21.
Benton May 7 and 9.
Yazoo City May 13.
Near Vicksburg June 4.
Expedition from Vicksburg to Pearl River July 2-10.
Jackson July 7.
Utica July 13.
Grand Gulf July 16.
Bayou Tensas, La., August 26.
Expedition from Goodrich Landing to Bayou Macon August 28-31.
Expedition from Vicksburg to Deer Creek September 21-26.
Near Rolling Fork September 22-23.
Expedition from Vicksburg to Rodney and Fayette September 29-October 3.
Expedition from Natchez to Woodville October 4-11.
Fort Adams October 5.
Woodville October 5-6.
Operations in Issaqueena and Washington counties October 21-31.
Steele's Bayou October 23.
Expedition from Vicksburg to Gaines' Landing, Ark., and Bayou Macon, La., November 6-8.
Rolling Fork November 11.
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