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APPENDIX 2: BATTLES INVOLVING BLACK SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

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APPENDIX II

BATTLES INVOLVING BLACK SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

DURING THE CIVIL WAR

In 1956, Dudley Cornish published his doctoral thesis, This Sable Arm, in which he alleged

that Frederick Dyer, in his Compendium of the Union Army in the War of the Rebellion, stated

that Black soldiers were involved in 449 engagements during the American Civil War (pp. 264-65). This statement has been accepted at face value although Blacks were not enlisted until 1863

and saw limited action during the war. Cornish was the first white historian to try to catalog

Black participation in the American Civil War, and This Sable Arm is a seminal work in this

field. However, Cornishs failure to list the engagements is disheartening for those who believethe contributions of African Americans to the defense of the Constitution and the nation has

beenand is beingdiscounted and belittled. A claim such as Cornishs lends itself to attack

from Confederate apologists and sympathizers, and other racists, who use any discrepancy or

misstatement about the performance of Blacks to denigrate that participation, and, to attack thesource. As Cornish does not list the 449 engagements in which he claims Blacks participated, it

is difficult to give continued credence to this number. Remarkably, Cornish does not list themajor naval engagements of the two forces, since Blacks were a conspicuous part of the Union

navy from the onset of the war, and their contributions, including winning six Medals of Honor,

were well known in the 1950s.

The War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in

the War of the Rebellion. The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the Warof the Rebellion (O.R.A.) was authorized in 1874, permitting the publication of the official

records of the War of the Rebellion, both of the Union and Confederate Armies, to include allreports, letters, telegrams, and general orders not then copied or printed, and properly arranged in

chronological order. This compilation was the first general publication of the military records of

the war, and embraced all official documents that could be obtained by the War Department, and

that appeared to be of any historical value.The O.R.A. presented the records as follows:

Series 1 contained the formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of all militaryoperations in the field, with the correspondence, orders, and returns relating speciallythereto, accompanied by an Atlas. The reports are arranged according to the campaigns

and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), with the

Union reports of any event preceding the Confederate accounts. The correspondence,orders, returns and other written material not covered in the Reports follow in

chronological order.

Series 2 contain the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns, Union and Confederate,relating to prisoners of war, and to State or political prisoners if their imprisonment iswar-related.

Series 3 contain the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Union authoritiesincluding their correspondence with the Confederate officials, not relating specially to the

subjects of the first and second series. The enlistment, organization, and deployment ofthe United States Colored Troops service is contained in this series, as is the organization

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Where there is a conflict between Dyer and the Official Records, the author relies solely on the

Official Records.

Dyer, relying on the characterization of engagements as listed in the Official Records, lists

a total of 10,455 military actions from skirmishes to battles to campaigns for the entire Unionside. Only 76 of these actions are rated as battles, while 310 are rated as engagments (Part II, p.

582). Given that the Official Records are heavily edited so that engagements by favored

generals, such as Grant and Meade, were given greater significance than engagements bydisfavored generals such as Benjamin F. Butler or disfavored armies such as the Army of the

James, which were part of the same overall engagement, the classification of such any

engagement as a battle as opposed to an action or a skirmish or an engagement is highlydebatable.

It is impossible to determine where Cornish derives his 449 engagements involving Black

soldiers, unless he counted each action listed by Dyer to which Dyer listed a Black regiment as a

participant. If so, this would give a false number since, for example, Dyer listed Black soldiers

at the Battle of Cold Harbor as part of Baldy Smiths command, when the Official Records donot support this either directly, or by inference as Smith was a racist with no use for Blacks as

anything but menials and manual laborers. A thorough review of the Official Records reveals theracism of Union commanders such as Nathaniel Banks, William T. Sherman, Smith, and many

others precluded Black regiments from being involved in many of the battles for which they are

now praised, or, that their participation was much less than folklore and legend now claims.

The National Park Service (NPS) created its own system of rating battle sites that are partof the National Park Service, or which it desires to acquire, the Civil War Sites Advisory

CommissionsReport on the Nations Civil War Battlefields (CWSAC). Technical Volume II:

Battle Summaries, lists 384 conflicts as battles that occurred between 1861-1865. When thebattles involving Native Americans, principally the Sioux Wars in Minnesota and the Dakotas in

1863-64, are removed, that number becomes 377. Of these 377, Black regiments were involved

in approximately 56 (15%), often marginally as fatigue regiments or as unused reserves.

The Commission rates these battles as:

Class A: This class contains battles the Commission believes had a decisive influence ona campaign and a direct impact on the course of the war. There are 45 battle sites (12%)

in this classification. Black regiments were involved in 9 (20%) of these battles.

Class B: This class contains battles the Commission believes had a direct and decisiveinfluence on the campaign of which it was a part. There were 104 battle sites (27%) in

this classification. Black regiments were involved in 18 (17%) of these battles.

Class C: This class contains battles the Commission believes had an observableinfluence on the outcome of the campaign of which it was a part. There were 128 battle

sites (33%) in this classification. Black regiments were involved in 20 (16%) of these

battles.

Class D: This class contains battles the Commission believes had a limited influence onthe outcome of the campaign of which it was a part, but achieved or affected important

local objectives. There were 107 battle sites (28%) in this classification. Black

regiments were involved in 10 (9%) of these battles.Since the CWSAC is only concerned with principal battles at sites which are under the

National Park Service, or which the NPS wishes to acquire, most of the armed conflicts


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involving Black soldiers are not part of its report or determination of a preserve-worthy battle

site. The Commission does not attempt to preserve naval battle sites, although most of them

occurred on inland waters, and some operations, such as Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Memphis, St.

Charles, Ft. Bisland, Arkansas Post, Chickasaw Bluffs, Alexandria, and Ft. Wagner, amongothers, were joint Army-Navy operations. The report does list certain joint naval-army

operations such as Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Memphis, and Charleston harbor, among

others.

Below I have listed every engagement involving Black soldiers and sailors that can be

verified through TheWar of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate

Armies (O.R.A.) and The War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and

Confederate Navies (O.R.N.). I have decided not to follow the methods of the Official Records

and Dyer that treat each engagement as a separate action, but have listed campaigns as

continuous battles, with the engagements which occurred during the campaign as part of that

battle. To follow the O.R.A./Dyer protocol is like calling each of the beaches at Normandy (D-Day, June 6, 1944) during World War II a separate battle.

The exceptions to this approach are the sieges of Charleston harbor and Petersburg-Richmond. Both of these sieges were of such long duration that several engagements of major

importance occurred during the course of each siege. In these two cases, I have addressed the

siege as a continuous battle, and the particular engagements such as Ft. Wagner or The Crater

also as a battle. I have also listed some battles contained in the Compendium that are not in the

O.R.A. since the nature of these citations are credible. One actionEast Pascagoula, April 9,

1863I have included although there is no reference in either the O.R.A. or the O.R.N. because

it is cited in most works on African American soldiers during the Civil War.I have also included engagements from the O.R.N. which both Dyer and Cornish omitted.

While it can be argued that every major naval engagement involved Black sailors on the Union

side, I have limited their inclusion to those reports which mention the race of the Black sailors,

or, ships with an established Black complement before the battle, thus removing all doubt as towhether Black sailors were involved. Combining the two Official Records has produced just

under 200 verified engagements by Black sailors and soldiers. While less than half of Cornishs

claim, they reveal that African Americans not only served ably and admirably, but that they wereas responsible for Union victoryand their own liberationas the Union armies and naval

squadrons were. In the words inscribed on the Butler Medal: ferro iis libertas preventient

they won their freedom with the bayonet!


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BATTLES, ENGAGEMENTS, EXPEDITIONS, SKIRMISHES, SCOUTS AND OTHER MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS

INVOLVING BLACK REGIMENTS AND SAILORS

DATE ACTIONDEPARTMENT /

CAMPAIGN

SHIPS WITH BLACKSAILORS / BLACK

REGIMENTS

CITATION IN The Official

Records of the Union and

Confederate Armies/Navies

January 30, 1863 Capture of the USS Isaac Smith South Atlantic Blockading

Squadron

USS Isaac Smith O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 13, pp.

567-70; O.R. A., Ser. 1, Vol.14, pp. 199-204

January 31, 1863 Charleston Harbor, South Carolina South Atlantic Blockading

Squadron

South Atlantic Blockading

Squadron

O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 13, pp.

581-623

February 6-April

12, 1863

Yazoo Pass Expedition with engagement at

Ft. Pemberton (March 11-16, 1863)

Mississippi Squadron USS Rattler, USS Romeo,

USS Forest Rose, USS

Signal, USS Cricket, USS

Chillicothe, USS Baron De

Kalb, USS Marmora, USS S.

Bayard

O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pp. 243-

285

March 25, 1863 Running of Vicksburg batteries by USS

Switzerlandand USS Lancaster

Mississippi Squadron USS Switzerlandand USS

Lancaster

O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, p. 374;

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 20, p. 22.

April 9, 1863 East Pascagoula, Mississippi Department of the Gulf 2nd

Louisiana Native Guards No ORA/ORNcitation but

included in Hollandsworths

Native Guards, pp.46-47;

William Wells Browns ColoredPatriots of the Rebellion, pp.

163-66, andNational Anti-

Slavery Standard, April 25,

1863

April 29, 1863 Grand Gulf, Mississippi Mississippi Squadron USS Benton, USS

Tuscumbia, USS Lafayette,

USS Pittsburgh, USS

Louisville, USS Carondelet,

USS Mound City

O.R.N., Ser 1, Vol. 24, p. 607-

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CAMPAIGN


REGIMENTS

CITATION IN The Official Records

of the Union and Confederate

Armies/Navies

July 4, 1863 Helena, Arkansas Dept. of the Tennessee,

Vicksburg Campaign

2nd Arkansas, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 1, pp. 383-

94

July 9-10, 1863 Stono River / James Island(GrimballsLanding), South Carolina

Dept. of the South 2nd South Carolina,

54th

Massachusetts

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 584-

85

July 10, 1863 Willston Bluff, Combahee River (a.k.a.

Pon Pon River), South Carolina

Dept. of the South 1st

South Carolina O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 194-

99

July 15-18, 1863 James Island, (July 16-17, 1863), and 2nd

Assault on Ft. Wagner (July 18, 1863).

Dept. of the South:

Siege of Charleston

54th Massachusetts

Volunteers (colored); 2nd

South Carolina

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 584-

85. Medal of Honor won by Carney.

July 19-

September 6,

1863

Siege of Ft. Wagner Siege of Charleston; Dept.

of the South

54th

Massachusetts

Volunteers (colored); 2nd

South Carolina; 3rd USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 585-

607

August 5, 1863 USS Commodore Barney North Atlantic Blockading

Squadron

USS Commodore Barney O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 9, pp. 147-48

August 21, 1863 Sack of Lawrence, Kansas Department of the

Missouri

Recruits for the 2nd Kansas

Colored

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 2, pp. 572-

93

August 23, 1863 Capture of the USS Reliance and USS

Satellite

Potomac Flotilla USS Satellite O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 5, pp. 339-40

September 8,

1863

Battle of Sabine Pass, Texas West Gulf Blockading

Squadron

USS Clifton and USS

Sachem

O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 20, pp. 514-563,

542

October 4-9,

1863

Expedition from Yorktown to Matthews

County, Virginia

Dept. of Virginia and

North Carolina

4th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 29, pt. 1, pp. 205-

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CAMPAIGN


REGIMENTS

CITATION IN The Official Records

of the Union and Confederate

Armies/Navies

October 6, 1863 Quantrill's Raid on Blunt's wagon train.

Baxter Springs, Kansas

Department of the

Missouri, District of theFrontier

2nd

Kansas Colored O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 2, pp. 688-

701

October 25,

1863

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Department of the

Missouri, Steele's

Expedition

Freedmen assisting Union

forces. (the future Batt. H,

2nd

U. S. Lt. Artillery

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 2, pp. 721-

39

November 17,

1863

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Department of the Gulf 20th Infantry, Corps

d'Afrique

O.R.A., Ser.1, Vol. 26, pt. 1, p. 3

November 17,

1863

Sartartia, Mississippi Dept. of the Tennessee 1st Mississippi Cavalry, AD Roy Basler, The Works of Abraham

Lincoln, Vol. 7, pp. 249-50

December 12-

14, 1863

Wistars Jones Bridge Raid. Dept. of Virginia and North

Carolina

6th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 29, pt. 1, pp. 974-

76

December 25,

1863

Legarville and the Stono River, South

Carolina, USS Marblehead

Siege of Charleston: South

Atlantic Blockading

Squadron; Dept. of the

South

USS Marblehead O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 749-

50; O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 15, p. 159.

Medal of Honor won by Robert Blake.

January 29,

1864

Waterproof, Louisiana Department of the

Tennessee

11th Louisiana, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1, pp. 157-

59

February 1-

March 8, 1864

1st Yazoo River Expedition with

engagements at Liverpool Heights,

Mississippi (February 3-4, 1864); Honey

Island (February 11, 1864); Yazoo City,

Mississippi (February 28-March 5, 1864)

Department of the

Tennessee; Mississippi

Squadron

8th Louisiana, AD; 1st

Mississippi Cavalry, AD

(3rd USCC)

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1, pp. 315-

330

February 1-2,

1864

Confederate attack on New Bern, North

Carolina

North Atlantic Blockading

Squadron

USS Underwriter O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 9, pp. 446, 449


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CAMPAIGN


REGIMENTS




February 1-4, 1864 Expedition up the White River, Arkansas District of EasternArkansas,

Dept. of Arkansas

3

rd

Arkansas, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.126-27

February 6-8, 1864 Wistar's Expedition to Bottom Bridge Department of Virginia and

North Carolina, US Forces

at Yorktown, Virginia.

4th USCT, 5th USCT, 6th

USCT, 10th

USCT, 22nd

USCT; 1st USCC and 2nd

USCC

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp. 143-48

February 7, 1864 Confederate attack on Vidalia, Louisiana. Department of the

Tennessee

7th

Louisiana, AD; 2nd

Mississippi Heavy Artillery,

AD.

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.

29-30

February 13-14,

1864

Scout up the St. Francis River, Arkansas Dept. of Arkansas 3rd Arkansas, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.

143-44; pt. 2, pp. 240-41; Vol. 53,

pp. 24-25

February 14, 1864 Ross Landing, Arkansas Dept. of Arkansas 51st USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.

2-3

February 17, 1864 Horse Head Creek, Arkansas Dept. of Arkansas 1st Kansas Colored O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.2-3

February 19-22,

1864

Seymour's Expedition with battle of

Olustee, Florida (February 20, 1864)

Dept. of the South 54th

Massachusetts, 8th

USCT, 1st North Carolina,

AD.

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.

290-98; Vol. 53, pp. 24-25.

March 4-10, 1864 Confederate demonstration before Suffolk,

Virginia

Dept. of Virginia and North

Carolina

5th USCT and 7th USCT, 2nd

USCC

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp. 237-39

March 9-12, 1864 Punitive Raid on Kings and Queens

County, Virginia

Department of Virginia and

North Carolina

4th

USCT, 5th

USCT, 6th

USCT, and 22nd USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp. 252-54


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CAMPAIGN

SHIPS WITH BLACK

SAILORS / BLACK

REGIMENTS




March 14-April16, 1864

Forrests West Tennessee Campaign,with engagements at Paducah, Kentucky

(March 25-26, 1864); and Ft. Pillow,

Tennessee (April 12-13, 1864)

Department of the Tennessee 8th

USCHA; Bat. D, 2nd

Lt.Artillery; Cos. A-D, 66th

USCHA

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1,pp. 501-623

March 15-May 20,

1864

Red River Campaign with engagements

at Berwick, La. (April 26, 1864);

Mansura, La. (May 16, 1864); and

Yellow Bayou, La. (May 17, 1864).

Department of the Gulf 73rd USCT, 75th USCT, 89th

USCT, 92nd

USCT, 98th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1,

pp. 167-655

March 17, 1864 Expedition to Matthews County,

Virginia.

Department of Virginia and

North Carolina

4th

USCT, 6th

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp.

252-57

March 18-19, 1864 Scout from Island #10, Tennessee Department of the Tennessee 7th

Louisiana, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1,

pp. 623-24

March 20, 1864 Pass Manchac, Louisiana Dept. of the Gulf 10th USCHA Dyers Compendium, p. 751

March 22-24, 1864 Langley's Plantation, Mississippi Department of the Tennessee 51st USCT, 66th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1, p.

627-28

April 1-10, 1864 Pearl River, Mississippi Department of the Gulf 20th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pp.

869-70

April 4-May 4,

1864

Camden Expedition with engagements at

Prairie DAne (April 11-12, 1864);

Poison Springs (April 18, 1864); JenkinsFerry (April 30, 1864).

Department of Arkansas 79th USCT (old) and 83rd

USCT (new)

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1,

pp. 657-849

April 12-14,

1864

Machadoc Creek, Virginia Dept. of Virginia and North

Carolina

36th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp.

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CAMPAIGNSHIPS WITH BLACKSAILORS

/ BLACK REGIMENTS

CITATION IN The

Official Records of the

Union and Confederate

Armies/Navies

May 15, 1864 Mt. Pleasant Landing, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 67

th

USCT and 78

th

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt.1, pp. 933-34

May 21-24, 1864 St. Johns River, Florida and sinking

of the USS Columbine.

Department of the South 35th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt.

1, pp. 441-446

May 25-26, 1864 Expedition to the Charleston &

Savannah RR

Department of the South 9th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt.

1, pp. 8-11

May 31-June 1, 1864 Camp Milton, Florida Dept. of the South 3rd

USCT, 7th

USCT, and 35th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt.

1, pp. 401-03

June 1-15, 1864 Sturgis Expedition into northernMississippi with engagement at

Brices Crossroads (June 10, 1864)

Department of the Tennessee 55th USCT, and 59th USCT, Batt.

F, 2nd U. S. Lt. Artillery.

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt.

1, pp. 84 231.

June 3, 1864 Capture of the USS Water Witch South Atlantic Blockading

Squadron

USS Water Witch O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 15, pp.

469-70; O.R.A., Ser. 1,

Vol. 35, pt. 1, p. 404

June 11-21, 1864 Expedition from Pt. Lookout, Md.To Popes Creek Virginia, and

skirmish at Piersons Farm (June 17,

1864).

Dept. of Virginia & NorthCarolina 36

th

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 37, pt.1, pp. 163-67; Vol. 40, pt.

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CAMPAIGN


REGIMENTS




June 20, 1864-April

3, 1865

Siege of Petersburg

(Engagements listed separately below.)

Army of the Potomac;

Army of the James

1st

USCT, 4th

USCT, 5th

USCT, 6

th

USCT, 7

th

USCT,8

thUSCT, 9

thUSCT, 10

th

USCT, 19th

USCT, 22nd

USCT, 23rd USCT, 24th

USCT, 27th

USCT, 28th

USCT, 29th USCT, 30th

USCT, 31st USCT, 36th

USCT, 37th

USCT, 38th

USCT, 39th

USCT, 43rd

USCT, and 45th USCT; Batt.

B, 2nd U. S. Lt. Artillery; 1st

USCC and 2nd USCC; 5th

Massachusetts Cavalry

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vols. 40, 42, 46,

52

June 24, 1864 Long Bridge Road, Virginia Overland Campaign

Army of the Potomac

28th

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 40, pt. 2, p.

25

July 1, 1864 Bay Port, Florida Department of the South 2nd

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.

405-06July 1-10, 1864 Fosters Expedition against the Charleston

& Savannah RR, with engagements at the

Dawho River, South Carolina (July 2-4),

1864), Battery Wright (July 2, 1864), and

Johns Island (July 6-9, 1864).

Department of the South 7th USCT, 9th USCT, 21st

USCT, 26th USCT, 33rd

USCT, and 34th USCT, 55th

Massachusetts

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.

14-17, 78-79; 408-09; O.R.N.,

Ser. 1, Vol. 15, p. 554.

July 2-10, 1864 Slocums Expedition to Jackson,Mississippi

Department of the Tennessee 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1, pp.

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REGIMENTS




July 2-21, 1864 Andrew Smith's Tupelo, Mississippi,

Expedition with battle of Harrisburg,Mississippi (July 15, 1864); Old Town

(July 16, 1864)

Department of the Tennessee 59th

USCT, 61st

USCT, and

68

th

USCT, Batt. I, 2

nd

USLt. Artillery

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1, pp.

253-328

July 5-8 1864 Yellow Bluff, Florida Dept. of the South 3rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, p.

140

July 16, 1864 Trout Creek, Florida Dept. of the South 3rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.

19, 410

July 20, 1864 Cedar Keys, Florida Dept. of the Gulf 2nd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.

405-06

July 21, 1864 Skirmish at Deep Bottom, Virginia Department of Virginia and

N. Car.

6th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 40, pt.1, p.

748

July 23, 1864 Baldwin, Florida District of Florida

Dept. of the South

7th

USCT, 8th

USCT and 35th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.

419-21

July 26, 1864 Wallace's Ferry, on Big Creek, Arkansas Department of Arkansas 56th

USCT, and 60th

USCT,

Batt. E, 2

nd

U.S. LightArtillery

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 2, p.

384,

July 26-27, 1864 Expedition from Paducah to Haddix's

Ferry, Kentucky

Department of the

Tennessee, District of Cairo

8th USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1, pp.

365-66,

July 30, 1864 The Crater. (Siege of Petersburg.) Army of the Potomac 19thUSCT, 27th USCT, 28th


USCT, 31st USCT, 39th

USCT, 43rd USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 40, pt.1, pp.

46, 528, 598-99, 748; pt. 3, pp.

252, 304-05; 320, 325-53, 364,

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REGIMENTS




August 3-20, 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Siege of

Ft. Gaines, Alabama, Battle of MobileBay (August 5, 1864); and Siege and fall

of Ft. Morgan (August 6-20, 1864).

Department of the Gulf,

West Gulf BlockadingSquadron

USS Hartford, USS

Brooklyn, USSMonongahela, USS

Richmond, USS

Metacomet, USS

Chickasaw;USS

Lackawana, USS

Tecumseh, USS Mahattan,

USS Winnebago, USS Port

Royal, USS Seminole, USS

Kennebec, USS Itasca, USS

Galena, USS Octarara,

USS Ossippee, USS

Oneida, 96th USCT, 97th

USCT

O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pp. 70-

74, 129-32

August 4-6, 1864 Expedition from Vidalia, Louisiana, to

Stacy plantation

Dept. of the Tennessee 6th

USCHA, 58th

USCT

and 70th USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 459-60

August 4-11, 1864 Expedition from Brazos Santiago to Pt.Isabel, Texas

Department of the Gulf 81st USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1, p.211-12

August 9, 1864 Explosion at City Point, Va. (Siege of

Petersburg)

Dept. of Virginia and

North Carolina

10th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,

pp. 954-55,

August 11-13, 1864 Helena to Kent's Landing, Arkansas Department of Arkansas Batt. C, 2nd

Light Artillery,

60th USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,

pp. 241-42.


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August 14-25,

1864

Fussells Mills (Aug. 14-19, 1864);

Bermuda Hundred (Aug. 25, 1864).

Siege of Petersburg. Army

of the James

29th Connecticut; 4th

USCT, 6th USCT, 7th

USCT, 8th USCT, 9th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,

pp. 219, 678; pt. 2, pp. 233-

255

August 15, 1864 Dalton, Georgia Department of the

Cumberland

14th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 38, pt. 1, p.

324, pp. 619-20

Aug. 18-25, 1864 Weldon RR, Virginia Siege of Petersburg:

Army of the Potomac

19th USCT, 27th USCT,

28th

USCT, 29th

USCT,

30th USCT, 31st USCT, 39th

USCT, 43rd USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 2,

pp. 282-284, 288-90

August 21, 1864 Forrests raid on Memphis, Tenn. Dept. of the Tennessee 55th USCT, 59th USCT, and

61st

USCT;Batt. F , 2nd

U.

S. Lt. Art.; Batt. I, 2nd U. S.

Lt. Art.

O.R.A., , Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

p. 478

August 26-31,1864

Expedition from Goodrich's Landing,Arkansas, to Bayou Macon, Louisiana

Department of theTennessee

3rd

USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,pp. 295-96

August 29, 1864 Ghent, Kentucky Department of the Ohio,

District of Kentucky


3

August 29-31,

1864

Expedition to Smithfield, Virginia District of Eastern Virginia

Dept. of Vir. & N. Car.

1st

USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 2, p.

653


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September 29-30,

1864

Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights,

Fts. Gilmer, Gregg, Harrison

Dept. of Vir. & N. Car. 29th Connecticut, 1st USCT,

4th USCT, 5th USCT, 6thUSCT, 7

thUSCT, 8

th

USCT, 9th USCT, 22nd

USCT, 36th

USCT, 38th

USCT, 41st USCT, and 43rd

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,

pp. 772-850.

September 29-

October 3, 1864

Raid from Vicksburg to Port Gibson,

Mississippi

Dept. of the

Tennessee/Mississippi

3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 573-76.

October 1-4, 1864 Scout: Helena to Alligator Bayou,

Arkansas

Department of Arkansas 60th

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,

pp. 816-17.

October 1-10,

1864

Burbridges Expedition to Saltville,

Virginia, with battle at Saltville (October

2, 1864)

Department of the Ohio 5th USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1.

pp. 551-67.

October 4-8, 1864

Osbands Raid from Natchez to

Woodville, Mississippi, with skirmishesat and around Woodville (October 5,

1864).

Department of theTennessee 3rd USCC, 6th USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,pp. 831-33, 835

October 10, 1864 Eastport, Mississippi Dept. of the Cumberland 61st

USCTO.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 539-49.

October 11, 1864 Pine Bluff, Kentucky Dept. of the Cumberland 4th USCHAO.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 857-58

October 11, 1864 Gallatin, TennesseeDepartment of the

Cumberland40th USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 842-43


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SAILORS / BLACK

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October 13, 1864 Dalton, GeorgiaDepartment of the

Cumberland44th USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 717-24.

October 27-30,

1864Decatur, Georgia

Department of the

Cumberland14

thUSCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 714-17.

November 6-8,

1864

Expedition from Vicksburg to Bayou

Macon

District of Vicksburg,

Dept. of Mississippi

3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

pp. 899-900.

November 11,

1864

Black River, Louisiana Dept. of the Tennessee 6th

USCHA Dyer's Compendium, pt. 2, p.

756

November 17-19,

1864

Patrol from Brashear City, La., to Bayou

Portage, La,

Department of the Gulf 93rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,

pp. 926-27

November 23,

1864

Attack on Morganza, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 84th

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,

pp. 935-37

November 24-

December 20,

1864

Hoods Invasion of Tennessee, with

engagements at: Mill Creek, Tennessee

(December 2, 1864); Nashville

(December 15-16, 1864).

Dept. of the Cumberland 12th USCT, 13th USCT,

14th USCT, 15th USCT,

44th USCT, and 100th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,

pp. 534-760; pt. 2, p. 508

November 25-

December 4, 1864

Osbands Raid from Vicksburg to

Mississippi Central RR, with engagement

at Canton Miss. (November 27, 1864)

and Yazoo City (November 29-30, 1864)

Department of the

Mississippi

3rd

USCC, 5th

USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,

pp. 777-787


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Nov. 30, 1864 Honey Hill, South Carolina (Part of

Shermans March to the Sea.)

Department of the South 54th

Massachusetts and 55th

Massachusetts, 102

nd

USCT,32

ndUSCT, 34

thUSCT, and

35th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 44, pp. 421-

438; O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 16, pp.66-86

December 5, 1864 Capture of landing party ofUSS Perry South Atlantic Blockading

Squadron

USS Perry O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 15, pp. 152-61

December 7-30

1864

Expedition to Ft. Fisher (1st Ft. Fisher). Dept. of Virginia and North

Carolina

1st USCT, 4th USCT, 5th

USCT, 6th

USCT, 10th



USCT and 107th USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,

pp. 985-88

December 8, 1864 Lyon's Raid: Scottsboro, Alabama Department of the

Cumberland

101st USCT, 110th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,

pp. 876

December 13-19,

1864

Raid on Pollard, Alabama, with

engagements at Mitchell's Creek, Florida

(December 15-16, 1864), Pine Barren,Florida, (December 17-18, 1864)

District of West Florida,

Dept. of the Gulf

97th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 44, p. 449

December 20,1864

Raid on Pocataligo, South Carolina Department of the South 33rd

USCT O.R.A., Vol. 44, pp. 450-51

December 21,

1864January 5,

1865

Griersons Raid on Mobile & Ohio RR;

with engagements at Egypt, Mississippi

(December 28, 1864); and Franklin,

Mississippi (January 2, 1865)

Department of Mississippi 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,

pp. 844-75


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Records of the Union andConfederate Armies/Navies

December 27, 1864 Decatur, Georgia Dept. of the Cumberland 12th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1, p.

547

December 31, 1864 Sharpsburg, Kentucky Department of the Ohio 121st

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1, p.

876

January 7, 1865 Lyons Raid Department of the

Cumberland

101st USCT, 110th USCT O.R.A.,Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1, pp.

802-04

January 8, 1865 Stevenson, Alabama Department of the

Cumberland


547

January 8-13, 1865 2nd Ft. Fisher Expedition Dept. of Virginia and North

Carolina



USCT, 27th

USCT, 30th

USCT, 37th USCT, and 39th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 46, pt. 1,

pp. 423-25

January 10-19,

1865

Actions along the Arkansas River,

including engagement at Dardanelle,

(January 19, 1865).

Department of Arkansas 11th USCT, 54th USCT, 79th

USCT (old), 83rd USCT

(new)

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.

11-17

January 24, 1865 Boggs Mills, Arkansas Department of Arkansas 79th USCT (old) O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.

11-17

January 25, 1865 Simpsonville, Kentucky Department of the Ohio Unspecified Black soldiers O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1, p.

9

January 26-31,

1865

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Camden,

Arkansas, expeditions

Department of Arkansas Batt. H, 2nd

U. S. Lt.

Artillery

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1,

pp. 544-45

January 26-

February 11, 1865

Memphis to Louisiana expedition. Department of Mississippi 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.

68-72, 44-45, 665-66, 805-06


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January 25-27,

1865

Expedition from Ft. Pinney to Kimballs

Plantation, Arkansas.


USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48 pt. 1, pp.

73-74, 119-20

January 29

February 7, 1865.

Scouts from Bayou Goula to Grand River,

La., with skirmish (January 30, 1865) at

Richland Plantation.

Department of the Gulf 80th

USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48 pt. 1, pp.

76-77

January 31-

February 1, 1865

Ft. Pike to Bayou Bonfonca and Bayou

Vincent

Dept. of the Gulf 74th


85-86

February 5-15,

1865

Potters 1st

Raid Department of the South 54th

Massachusetts, 32nd

USCT and 102nd

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1, pp.

1021-1025

February 8-13,

1865

Levy County and Station 4, Florida Department of the Gulf 2nd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1, pp.

40-43, 53-54

February 10-11,

1865

Brashear City to Lake Verret, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 93rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.

108-09

February 11-April

20, 1865

Advance on Wilmington, North Carolina,

with engagements at Sugar Loaf (February11-19, 1865).

Department of North

Carolina


USCT, 6th

USCT, 10th

USCT, 27

thUSCT, 30

th

USCT, 37th USCT, and 39th

USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1, pp.

924-26

February 18, 1865 Ft. Jones, Kentucky Department of Kentucky 12th

USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1, p.

49

February 19-22,

1865

Expedition from Helena, Arkansas, to

Friars Point, Mississippi.


USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol.48, pt. 1, pp.

119-120

February 20, 1865 Ft. Myers, Florida Department of the Gulf 2nd


53-54.


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March 25-27,

1865

Brashear City to Indian Bend, Louisiana Dept. of the Gulf 93rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, p.

153

March 28-30,

1865

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Department of the Gulf 74th USCT O.R.A. Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1,

pp. 155-56; O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol.

22, p. 116

March 29-April 5,

1865

Fall and occupation of Richmond and

Petersburg, Virginia

Department of Virginia 3rd USCT, 9th USCT, 19th

USCT, 22nd

USCT, 23rd

USCT, 36th

USCT, 38th



USCT; 29th

Connecticut

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 46. pt. 1,

pp. 1101-10; 1179-1243; pt. 3,

p. 567

April 2, 1865 Devalls Bluff, Arkansas Department of Arkansas 112th

USCT O.R.A. Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, p.

166; pt. 2, p. 39

April 2-10, 1865 Brashear City to Big Pigeon Bayou Department of the Gulf 75th USCT, 10th USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1,

pp. 177-78.

April 3-9, 1865 Pursuit of Lee with engagement at

Appomattox Court-house (April 9, 1865)

Siege of Petersburg-

Richmond

7th, USCT, 8th USCT, 29th

USCT, 31st

USCT, 41st



USCT

O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 46. pt. 1,

pp. 173, 175-78, 1237-1243


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