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APPENDIX 2: BATTLES INVOLVING BLACK SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
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, Cornish’s failure to list the engagements is disheartening for those who believe
the contributions of African Americans to the defense of the Constitution and the nation has
been—and is being—discounted and belittled. A claim such as Cornish’s 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 the
source. 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 the
major 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 War
of 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 all
reports, 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 military
operations in the field, with the correspondence, orders, and returns relating specially
thereto, 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 is
war-related.
 Series 3 contain the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Union authorities
including their correspondence with the Confederate officials, not relating specially to the
subjects of the first and second series. The enlistment, organization, and deployment of
the United States Colored Troops service is contained in this series, as is the organization
of Invalid Corps, the Medical corps, and the Veteran Volunteer service.
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 Series 4 contains the correspondence, orders, reports, and returns of the Confederate
authorities, similar to that indicated for the Union officials of the third series, but
excluding the correspondence between the Union and Confederate authorities given in
that series.
The War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in
the War of the Rebellion (O.R.N.). Ten years after the War Department began compiling army
records, and just as the first of these records were printed and released in the opening volumes of
the O.R.A., the Navy Department was authorized to do the same with naval records. The
Department created the Office of Naval War Records, under the librarian of the Navy
Department as the first Superintendent. The reports of the Union naval commanders are full and
fairly complete; the Confederate records are sparse. A large part of the archives of the
Confederate Navy Department was burned at the close of the war. Therefore, the O.R.N., while
modelled on the O.R.A., are not nearly as comprehensive.
Series 1 contains the reports, orders, and correspondence, both Union and Confederate,
relating to all naval operations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and inland waters of the United
States during the war of the rebellion, together with the operations of vessels acting singly, either
as cruisers or privateers, in different parts of the world. These reports are accompanied by such
diagrams and maps as may be necessary. The papers are arranged according to squadrons and
flotillas, chronologically, and, as far as possible, the Union reports of any events are immediately
followed by the Confederate reports.
Series 2 contains the reports, orders, and correspondence of the Confederate Navy other
than reports, etc., related to engagements with Union vessels. The author does not refer to this
series.
Dyer’s Compendium. Frederick Dyer found the multiple series format of the Official
Records ―wonderfully deficient in many particulars, and … practically impossible to use … To
remedy this, for one seeking information, to gather all relating to each subject … into a
connected and complete whole, to digest the voluminous history of the war, has been the object
of the compiler.‖ Dyer divided his compilation into three parts:1
Part I: Organization of the Armies and Departments, their commanding officers and
constituent units.
Part II: Records of campaigns, battles, engagements and other actions arranged
alphabetically, and alphabetically and chronologically by states.
Part III: Regimental histories of Union forces.
Dyer relied on sources in addition the Official Records, such as state adjutant generals’
reports, published military registers, regimental histories, and federal and state military records.
This introduced the problem of inaccuracies since many regiments and commanders claimed
participation in battles in which they did not participate, or participated only with a detachment
or detail, or merely by being held in reserve and never committed to combat. This problem is
why the Army Register was created in the first place, to officially designate which regiment
participated in which battle and is therefore entitled to carry a battle streamer citing that battle on
its regimental colors. As Dyer did not cite his sources for each battle and its participants, the
author has used the Compendium to ascertain which Black regiments were present at certain
engagements in which they are cited in the Official Records only as ―the colored regiment(s).‖
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The author used the 1959 Sangamon Press edition.
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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 Union
side. 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 by
disfavored 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 highly
debatable.
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‖ Smith’s command, when the Official Records do
not 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 the
racism 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 part
of the National Park Service, or which it desires to acquire, the Civil War Sites Advisory
Commission’s Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields (CWSAC). Technical Volume II:
Battle Summaries, lists 384 conflicts as battles that occurred between 1861-1865. When the
battles 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 on
a 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 decisive
influence 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 observable
influence 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 on
the 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, among
others, 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 The War 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 action—East Pascagoula, April 9,
1863—I 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 to
whether 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 Cornish’s
claim, they reveal that African Americans not only served ably and admirably, but that they were
as responsible for Union victory—and their own liberation—as 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
SHIPS WITH BLACK CITATION IN The Official
DEPARTMENT /
DATE ACTION SAILORS / BLACK Records of the Union and
CAMPAIGN REGIMENTS Confederate Armies/Navies
March 8-9, 1862 Engagement with the CSS Virginia North Atlantic Blockading USS Minnesota, USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 7, pp. 3-73
Squadron Congress, USS Cumberland,
USS Monitor
June 6, 1862 Battle of Memphis Western Flotilla USS Switzerland, USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 23, pp. 118-
Monarch, USS Queen of the 139
West, USS Benton, USS
Carondelet, USS St. Louis,
USS Cairo, USS Louisville
June 17, 1862 St. Charles, Arkansas Western Flotilla USS Mound City O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 23, pp. 159-
197
July 14-15, 1862 Engagement with the CSS Arkansas Western Flotilla Siege of Ram Fleet: USS Switzerland, O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 19, pp. 20-
Vicksburg USS Monarch, USS Queen 21
of the West, USS Benton,
USS Carondelet, USS St.
Louis, USS Cairo, USS
Louisville
July 22, 1862 USS Queen of the West vs. CSS Arkansas Western Flotilla USS Queen of the West O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 19, pp. 45-
Siege of Vicksburg 47
October 24, 1862 St. Simon's Island, Georgia Department of the South Black Pickets O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 13, p. 438
st
October 26-29, Skirmish on the Osage River, Missouri Department of the Missouri 1 Kansas Colored O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 53, p. 457
1862
October-November, La Forche campaign, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 1st Louisiana Native Guards O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 15, pp. 160-
1862 and 2nd Louisiana Native 75.
Guards
November 3-10, Jacksonville, Florida Department of the South 1st South Carolina. O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 13, pp. 438-
1862 39
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Nov. 7, 1862 Up the St. Mary's River Department of the South 1st South Carolina O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 14, pp. 189-
92
Nov. 13-18, 1862 Doboy River expedition Department of the South 1st South Carolina O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 14, pp. 192-
194
December 13, 1862 Kinston, North Carolina North Atlantic Blockading USS Ellis O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 8, p. 291
Squadron
January 1, 1863 Confederate recapture of Galveston, Texas West Gulf Blockading USS Harriet Lane; USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 19, pp. 437-
Squadron Westfield; USS Sachem, USS 461.
Clifton and Black civilians
with 42nd Massachusetts.
January 11, 1863 Ft. Hindman / Arkansas Post, Arkansas Mississippi Squadron USS Louisville; USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pp. 107-
Cincinnati, USS Lexington, 08
USS Baron De Kalb, USS
Rattle, USS Black Hawk,
USS Monarch, USS Glide
January 21, 1863 Capture of the USS Velocity and the USS West Gulf Blockading USS Velocity; USS Morning O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 19, pp. 557-
Morning Light Squadron Light 62
January 23, 1863 Up the St. Mary’s River, Georgia. Department of the South First South Carolina O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 14, pp. 195-
96
January 30- St. Mary’s River, expedition to Department of the South 1st South Carolina O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 14, pp. 194-
February 2, 1863 Spaulding’s plantation 98
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January 30, 1863 Capture of the USS Isaac Smith South Atlantic Blockading USS Isaac Smith O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 13, pp.
Squadron 567-70; O.R. A., Ser. 1, Vol.
14, pp. 199-204
January 31, 1863 Charleston Harbor, South Carolina South Atlantic Blockading South Atlantic Blockading O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 13, pp.
Squadron Squadron 581-623
February 6-April Yazoo Pass Expedition with engagement at Mississippi Squadron USS Rattler, USS Romeo, O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pp. 243-
12, 1863 Ft. Pemberton (March 11-16, 1863) USS Forest Rose, USS 285
Signal, USS Cricket, USS
Chillicothe, USS Baron De
Kalb, USS Marmora, USS S.
Bayard
March 25, 1863 Running of Vicksburg batteries by USS Mississippi Squadron USS Switzerland and USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, p. 374;
Switzerland and USS Lancaster Lancaster 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/ORN citation but
included in Hollandsworth’s
Native Guards, pp.46-47;
William Wells Browns Colored
Patriots of the Rebellion, pp.
163-66, and National Anti-
Slavery Standard, April 25,
1863
April 29, 1863 Grand Gulf, Mississippi Mississippi Squadron USS Benton, USS O.R.N., Ser 1, Vol. 24, p. 607-
Tuscumbia, USS Lafayette, 616
USS Pittsburgh, USS
Louisville, USS Carondelet,
USS Mound City
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DATE ACTION SAILORS / BLACK Records of he Union and
May 5-9, 1863 Sherwood, Missouri Department of the 1st Kansas Colored O.R.A., Ser 1. Vol. 22, pt. 1,
Missouri pp. 320-21
May 27, 1863 USS Cincinnati Mississippi Squadron USS Cincinnati O.R.N., Ser 1, Vol. 24, p. 37-
24
May 27-July 8, Siege of Port Hudson with assaults on Department of the Gulf 1st Native Guards, 3rd Native O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 26, pt. 1,
1863 May 27, and June 14, 1863 Guards; Ullmann’s Brigade pp. 44-45; 544-45, 549
(6th-10th Regiments, Corps
d’Afrique)
June 6-7, 1863 Milliken's Bend, Louisiana Department of the 9th Louisiana, AD; 11th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pt. 1,
Tennessee Louisiana, AD; and 13th pp. 694-96, 715, 720; pt. 2, pp.
Louisiana, AD; 1st 446, 457-61, 467; Ser. 3, Vol.
Mississippi, AD 3, pp. 452-54
June 9, 1863 Goodrich's Landing, Louisiana Department of the 1st Arkansas, AD, 8th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pt. 2,
Tennessee Louisiana, AD p. 449
June 28, 1863 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Department of the Pennsylvania Militia: O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 27, pt. 2,
Susquehanna; Lee’s Companies from Columbia pp. 278-79
Gettysburg Campaign and Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania
June 29, 1863 Mound Plantation, Louisiana District of Northeastern 1st Arkansas Infantry, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 24, pt. 2,
Louisiana, Dept. of the p. 450
Tennessee
July 1-2, 1863 Cabin Creek, Indian Territory District of the Frontier, 1st Kansas Colored Infantry O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 1,
Dept. of the Missouri pp. 378-82
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SHIPS WITH BLACK CITATION IN The Official Records
DEPARTMENT /
DATE ACTION SAILORS / BLACK of the Union and Confederate
CAMPAIGN REGIMENTS Armies/Navies
July 4, 1863 Helena, Arkansas Dept. of the Tennessee, 2nd Arkansas, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 1, pp. 383-
Vicksburg Campaign 94
July 9-10, 1863 Stono River / James Island (Grimball’s Dept. of the South 2nd South Carolina, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 584-
Landing), South Carolina 54th Massachusetts 85
July 10, 1863 Willston Bluff, Combahee River (a.k.a. Dept. of the South 1st South Carolina O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 194-
Pon Pon River), South Carolina 99
July 15-18, 1863 James Island, (July 16-17, 1863), and 2nd Dept. of the South: 54th Massachusetts O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 584-
Assault on Ft. Wagner (July 18, 1863). Siege of Charleston Volunteers (colored); 2nd 85. Medal of Honor won by Carney.
South Carolina
July 19- Siege of Ft. Wagner Siege of Charleston; Dept. 54th Massachusetts O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 585-
September 6, of the South Volunteers (colored); 2nd 607
1863 South Carolina; 3rd USCT
August 5, 1863 USS Commodore Barney North Atlantic Blockading USS Commodore Barney O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 9, pp. 147-48
Squadron
August 21, 1863 Sack of Lawrence, Kansas Department of the Recruits for the 2nd Kansas O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 2, pp. 572-
Missouri Colored 93
August 23, 1863 Capture of the USS Reliance and USS Potomac Flotilla USS Satellite O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 5, pp. 339-40
Satellite
September 8, Battle of Sabine Pass, Texas West Gulf Blockading USS Clifton and USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 20, pp. 514-563,
1863 Squadron Sachem 542
October 4-9, Expedition from Yorktown to Matthews Dept. of Virginia and 4th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 29, pt. 1, pp. 205-
1863 County, Virginia North Carolina 08
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SHIPS WITH BLACK CITATION IN The Official Records
DEPARTMENT /
DATE ACTION SAILORS / BLACK of the Union and Confederate
CAMPAIGN REGIMENTS Armies/Navies
October 6, 1863 Quantrill's Raid on Blunt's wagon train. Department of the 2nd Kansas Colored O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 2, pp. 688-
Baxter Springs, Kansas Missouri, District of the 701
Frontier
October 25, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Department of the Freedmen assisting Union O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pt. 2, pp. 721-
1863 Missouri, Steele's forces. (the future Batt. H, 39
Expedition 2nd U. S. Lt. Artillery
November 17, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Department of the Gulf 20th Infantry, Corps O.R.A., Ser.1, Vol. 26, pt. 1, p. 3
1863 d'Afrique
November 17, Sartartia, Mississippi Dept. of the Tennessee 1st Mississippi Cavalry, AD Roy Basler, The Works of Abraham
1863 Lincoln, Vol. 7, pp. 249-50
December 12- Wistar’s Jones Bridge Raid. Dept. of Virginia and North 6th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 29, pt. 1, pp. 974-
14, 1863 Carolina 76
December 25, Legaréville and the Stono River, South Siege of Charleston: South USS Marblehead O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 28, pt. 1, pp. 749-
1863 Carolina, USS Marblehead Atlantic Blockading 50; O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 15, p. 159.
Squadron; Dept. of the Medal of Honor won by Robert Blake.
South
January 29, Waterproof, Louisiana Department of the 11th Louisiana, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1, pp. 157-
1864 Tennessee 59
February 1- 1st Yazoo River Expedition with Department of the 8th Louisiana, AD; 1st O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1, pp. 315-
March 8, 1864 engagements at Liverpool Heights, Tennessee; Mississippi Mississippi Cavalry, AD 330
Mississippi (February 3-4, 1864); Honey Squadron (3rd USCC)
Island (February 11, 1864); Yazoo City,
Mississippi (February 28-March 5, 1864)
February 1-2, Confederate attack on New Bern, North North Atlantic Blockading USS Underwriter O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 9, pp. 446, 449
1864 Carolina Squadron
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February 1-4, 1864 Expedition up the White River, Arkansas District of Eastern 3rd Arkansas, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.
Arkansas, 126-27
Dept. of Arkansas
February 6-8, 1864 Wistar's Expedition to Bottom Bridge Department of Virginia and 4th USCT, 5th USCT, 6th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp. 143-48
North Carolina, US Forces USCT, 10th USCT, 22nd
at Yorktown, Virginia. USCT; 1st USCC and 2nd
USCC
February 7, 1864 Confederate attack on Vidalia, Louisiana. Department of the 7th Louisiana, AD; 2nd O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.
Tennessee Mississippi Heavy Artillery, 29-30
AD.
February 13-14, Scout up the St. Francis River, Arkansas Dept. of Arkansas 3rd Arkansas, AD O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.
1864 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, Seymour's Expedition with battle of Dept. of the South 54th Massachusetts, 8th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.
1864 Olustee, Florida (February 20, 1864) USCT, 1st North Carolina, 290-98; Vol. 53, pp. 24-25.
AD.
March 4-10, 1864 Confederate demonstration before Suffolk, Dept. of Virginia and North 5th USCT and 7th USCT, 2nd O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp. 237-39
Virginia Carolina USCC
March 9-12, 1864 Punitive Raid on Kings and Queens Department of Virginia and 4th USCT, 5th USCT, 6th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp. 252-54
County, Virginia North Carolina USCT, and 22nd USCT
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CAMPAIGN
REGIMENTS Confederate Armies/Navies
March 14-April Forrest’s West Tennessee Campaign, Department of the Tennessee 8th USCHA; Bat. D, 2nd Lt. O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1,
16, 1864 with engagements at Paducah, Kentucky Artillery; Cos. A-D, 66th pp. 501-623
(March 25-26, 1864); and Ft. Pillow, USCHA
Tennessee (April 12-13, 1864)
March 15-May 20, Red River Campaign with engagements Department of the Gulf 73rd USCT, 75th USCT, 89th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1,
1864 at Berwick, La. (April 26, 1864); USCT, 92nd USCT, 98th pp. 167-655
Mansura, La. (May 16, 1864); and USCT
Yellow Bayou, La. (May 17, 1864).
March 17, 1864 Expedition to Matthews County, Department of Virginia and 4th USCT, 6th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp.
Virginia. North Carolina 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 Dyer’s Compendium, p. 751
st th
March 22-24, 1864 Langley's Plantation, Mississippi Department of the Tennessee 51 USCT, 66 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, Camden Expedition with engagements at Department of Arkansas 79th USCT (old) and 83rd O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1,
1864 Prairie D’Ane (April 11-12, 1864); USCT (new) pp. 657-849
Poison Springs (April 18, 1864); Jenkin’s
Ferry (April 30, 1864).
April 12-14, Machadoc Creek, Virginia Dept. of Virginia and North 36th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp.
1864 Carolina 268-69
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April 13-15, Patrol from Suffolk to Blackwater River, Department of Va. & N. 2nd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 33, pp. 270-
1864 Virginia Car. 71
April 18, 1864 Mt. Pleasant Landing, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 67th USCT, 78th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt. 1, pp.
933-34
April 18-24, 2nd Yazoo City Expedition, with Department of the 3rd USCC; USS Petrel and O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, pt. 1, pp.
1864 engagements at Mechanicsburg (April 20, Tennessee; Mississippi USS Prairie Bird. 673-76
1864) and Yazoo City (April 21, 1864), Squadron
Miss.
April 20, 1864 Waterproof, Louisiana Department of the 63rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 32, p. 5
Tennessee
May 1-4, 1864 Ashwood Landing, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 64th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, p. 5
May 5-June 14, The Advance on Richmond, with Army of the James, Dept. 1st USCT, 4th,USCT, 5th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 36, pt. 2;
1864 engagements at Drewry’s Bluff (May 16- of Virginia & North USCT, 6th USCT, 10th Vol. 40
17, 1864); Walthall Junction (May 20, Carolina USCT, 19th USCT, 22nd
1864); Bermuda Hundred (May 17-June USCT, 37th USCT, and
14, 1864); City Point (May 18, 1864); Ft. 43rd USCT; Batt. B, 2nd U.
Powhatan (May 21, 1864); Wilson’s S. Lt. Artillery, 1st USCC
Landing (May 24, 1864); Jordan Point and 2nd USCC, 5th
Road (June 9, 1864) Massachusetts Cavalry
May 6, 1864 Calcasieu, Louisiana: Capture of USS West Gulf Blockading 15 Black sailors captured. O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 21, pp. 246-
Granite City and USS Wave. Squadron 64, 263
May 6-7, 1864 Tampa, Florida Dept. of the Gulf Co. E, 2nd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.
390-91
May 11-14, 1864 Expedition from Pt. Lookout, Md. to the Dept. of Virginia & North 36th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 37, pt. 1, pp.
Rappahannock River, Va. Carolina 71-73
13
CITATION IN The
DEPARTMENT / SHIPS WITH BLACK SAILORS Official Records of the
DATE ACTION / BLACK REGIMENTS
CAMPAIGN Union and Confederate
Armies/Navies
May 15, 1864 Mt. Pleasant Landing, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 67th USCT and 78th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 34, pt.
1, pp. 933-34
May 21-24, 1864 St. Johns River, Florida and sinking Department of the South 35th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt.
of the USS Columbine. 1, pp. 441-446
May 25-26, 1864 Expedition to the Charleston & Department of the South 9th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt.
Savannah RR 1, pp. 8-11
May 31-June 1, 1864 Camp Milton, Florida Dept. of the South 3rd USCT, 7th USCT, and 35th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt.
USCT 1, pp. 401-03
June 1-15, 1864 Sturgis’ Expedition into northern Department of the Tennessee 55th USCT, and 59th USCT, Batt. O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt.
Mississippi with engagement at F, 2nd U. S. Lt. Artillery. 1, pp. 84 231.
Brice’s Crossroads (June 10, 1864)
June 3, 1864 Capture of the USS Water Witch South Atlantic Blockading USS Water Witch O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 15, pp.
Squadron 469-70; O.R.A., Ser. 1,
Vol. 35, pt. 1, p. 404
June 11-21, 1864 Expedition from Pt. Lookout, Md. Dept. of Virginia & North 36th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 37, pt.
To Popes Creek Virginia, and Carolina 1, pp. 163-67; Vol. 40, pt.
skirmish at Pierson’s Farm (June 17, 3, pp. 742-43
1864).
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DEPARTMENT /
June 20, 1864-April Siege of Petersburg Army of the Potomac; 1st USCT, 4th USCT, 5th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vols. 40, 42, 46,
3, 1865 (Engagements listed separately below.) Army of the James USCT, 6th USCT, 7th USCT, 52
8th USCT, 9th USCT, 10th
USCT, 19th USCT, 22nd
USCT, 23rd USCT, 24th
USCT, 27th USCT, 28th
USCT, 31st USCT, 36th
USCT, 39th USCT, 43rd
USCT, and 45th USCT; Batt.
B, 2nd U. S. Lt. Artillery; 1st
USCC and 2nd USCC; 5th
Massachusetts Cavalry
June 24, 1864 Long Bridge Road, Virginia Overland Campaign 28th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 40, pt. 2, p.
Army of the Potomac 25
July 1, 1864 Bay Port, Florida Department of the South 2nd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.
405-06
July 1-10, 1864 Foster’s Expedition against the Charleston Department of the South 7th USCT, 9th USCT, 21st O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.
& Savannah RR, with engagements at the USCT, 26th USCT, 33rd 14-17, 78-79; 408-09; O.R.N.,
Dawho River, South Carolina (July 2-4), USCT, and 34th USCT, 55th Ser. 1, Vol. 15, p. 554.
1864), Battery Wright (July 2, 1864), and Massachusetts
John’s Island (July 6-9, 1864).
July 2-10, 1864 Slocum’s Expedition to Jackson, Department of the Tennessee 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1, pp.
Mississippi 242-46
15
DEPARTMENT /
July 2-21, 1864 Andrew Smith's Tupelo, Mississippi, Department of the Tennessee 59th USCT, 61st USCT, and O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1, pp.
Expedition with battle of Harrisburg, 68th USCT, Batt. I, 2nd US 253-328
Mississippi (July 15, 1864); Old Town Lt. Artillery
(July 16, 1864)
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 6th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 40, pt.1, p.
N. Car. 748
July 23, 1864 Baldwin, Florida District of Florida 7th USCT, 8th USCT and 35th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp.
Dept. of the South USCT 419-21
July 26, 1864 Wallace's Ferry, on Big Creek, Arkansas Department of Arkansas 56th USCT, and 60th USCT, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 2, p.
Batt. E, 2nd U.S. Light 384,
Artillery
July 26-27, 1864 Expedition from Paducah to Haddix's Department of the 8th USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1, pp.
Ferry, Kentucky Tennessee, District of Cairo 365-66,
July 30, 1864 The Crater. (Siege of Petersburg.) Army of the Potomac 19thUSCT, 27th USCT, 28th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 40, pt.1, pp.
USCT, 29th USCT, 30th 46, 528, 598-99, 748; pt. 3, pp.
USCT, 31st USCT, 39th 252, 304-05; 320, 325-53, 364,
USCT, 43rd USCT 609-10,
16
DEPARTMENT /
August 3-20, 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Siege of Department of the Gulf, USS Hartford, USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 22, pp. 70-
Ft. Gaines, Alabama, Battle of Mobile West Gulf Blockading Brooklyn, USS 74, 129-32
Bay (August 5, 1864); and Siege and fall Squadron Monongahela, USS
of Ft. Morgan (August 6-20, 1864). 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
August 4-6, 1864 Expedition from Vidalia, Louisiana, to Dept. of the Tennessee 6th USCHA, 58th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
Stacy plantation and 70th USCT pp. 459-60
August 4-11, 1864 Expedition from Brazos Santiago to Pt. Department of the Gulf 81st USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1, p.
Isabel, Texas 211-12
August 9, 1864 Explosion at City Point, Va. (Siege of Dept. of Virginia and 10th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,
Petersburg) North Carolina pp. 954-55,
August 11-13, 1864 Helena to Kent's Landing, Arkansas Department of Arkansas Batt. C, 2nd Light Artillery, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,
60th USCT pp. 241-42.
17

DEPARTMENT /
August 14-25, Fussell’s Mills (Aug. 14-19, 1864); Siege of Petersburg. Army 29th Connecticut; 4th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,
1864 Bermuda Hundred (Aug. 25, 1864). of the James USCT, 6th USCT, 7th pp. 219, 678; pt. 2, pp. 233-
USCT, 8th USCT, 9th 255
USCT
August 15, 1864 Dalton, Georgia Department of the 14th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 38, pt. 1, p.
Cumberland 324, pp. 619-20
Aug. 18-25, 1864 Weldon RR, Virginia Siege of Petersburg: 19th USCT, 27th USCT, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 2,
Army of the Potomac 28th USCT, 29th USCT, pp. 282-284, 288-90
30th USCT, 31st USCT, 39th
USCT, 43rd USCT
August 21, 1864 Forrest’s raid on Memphis, Tenn. Dept. of the Tennessee 55th USCT, 59th USCT, and O.R.A., , Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
61st USCT; Batt. F , 2nd U. p. 478
S. Lt. Art.; Batt. I, 2nd U. S.
Lt. Art.
August 26-31, Expedition from Goodrich's Landing, Department of the 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,
1864 Arkansas, to Bayou Macon, Louisiana Tennessee pp. 295-96
August 29, 1864 Ghent, Kentucky Department of the Ohio, 117th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1, p.
District of Kentucky 3
August 29-31, Expedition to Smithfield, Virginia District of Eastern Virginia 1st USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 2, p.
1864 Dept. of Vir. & N. Car. 653
18
DEPARTMENT /
August 29- Expedition from Helena up the White Department of Arkansas 56th USCT, 60th USCT, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,
September 3, River Batt. E, 2nd U. S. Light pp. 302-03
1864 Artillery
September 9-12, Ft. Pike to Pearl River Dept. of the Gulf 74th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1, p.
1864 756-58
September 9-12, Scout: Helena to Alligator Bayou, Department of Arkansas 60th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1, p.
1864 Arkansas 759
September 14, Bullitt’s Bayou, La. Department of the Gulf 63rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1, p.
1864 800.
September 21-26, Expedition Vicksburg to Egg Point with District of Vicksburg, 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
1864 skirmishes at Rolling Fork (September Dept. of Mississippi pp. 567-72.
22-23, 1864)
September 22-28, Scout; Helena to Alligator Bayou, Department of Arkansas 60th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1, p.
1864 Arkansas 816-17.
September 22, Expedition from Natchez, Miss., to Dept. of the 6th USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
1864 Farrar's Plantation Tennessee/Mississippi pp. 549-51.
September 26-30, Expedition from Natchez to Waterproof, Dept. of the 6th USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
1864 La. Tennessee/Mississippi pp. 572-73.
September 27, Expedition up the Chickahominy River Eastern District of 1st USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 2, p.
1864 Virginia, 1045
Dept. of Virg. & N. Car.
19
DEPARTMENT /
September 29-30, Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, Dept. of Vir. & N. Car. 29th Connecticut, 1st USCT, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,
1864 Fts. Gilmer, Gregg, Harrison 4th USCT, 5th USCT, 6th pp. 772-850.
USCT, 7th USCT, 8th
USCT, 9th USCT, 22nd
USCT, 41st USCT, and 43rd
USCT
September 29- Raid from Vicksburg to Port Gibson, Dept. of the 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
October 3, 1864 Mississippi Tennessee/Mississippi pp. 573-76.
October 1-4, 1864 Scout: Helena to Alligator Bayou, Department of Arkansas 60th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,
Arkansas pp. 816-17.
October 1-10, Burbridge’s Expedition to Saltville, Department of the Ohio 5th USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1.
1864 Virginia, with battle at Saltville (October pp. 551-67.
2, 1864)
Osband’s Raid from Natchez to
Woodville, Mississippi, with skirmishes Department of the O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
October 4-8, 1864 3rd USCC, 6th USCHA
at and around Woodville (October 5, Tennessee pp. 831-33, 835
1864).
O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
October 10, 1864 Eastport, Mississippi Dept. of the Cumberland 61st USCT
pp. 539-49.
O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
October 11, 1864 Pine Bluff, Kentucky Dept. of the Cumberland 4th USCHA
pp. 857-58
Department of the O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
October 11, 1864 Gallatin, Tennessee 40th USCT
Cumberland pp. 842-43
20

DEPARTMENT /
CAMPAIGN
REGIMENTS Confederate Armies/Navies
Department of the O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,

October 13, 1864 Dalton, Georgia 44th USCT
Cumberland pp. 717-24.
October 27-30, Department of the O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
Decatur, Georgia 14th USCT
1864 Cumberland pp. 714-17.
November 6-8, Expedition from Vicksburg to Bayou District of Vicksburg, 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 39, pt. 1,
1864 Macon Dept. of Mississippi pp. 899-900.
November 11, Black River, Louisiana Dept. of the Tennessee 6th USCHA Dyer's Compendium, pt. 2, p.
1864 756
November 17-19, Patrol from Brashear City, La., to Bayou Department of the Gulf 93rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,
1864 Portage, La, pp. 926-27
November 23, Attack on Morganza, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 84th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 41, pt. 1,
1864 pp. 935-37
November 24- Hood’s Invasion of Tennessee, with Dept. of the Cumberland 12th USCT, 13th USCT, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,
December 20, engagements at: Mill Creek, Tennessee 14th USCT, 15th USCT, pp. 534-760; pt. 2, p. 508
1864 (December 2, 1864); Nashville 44th USCT, and 100th
(December 15-16, 1864). USCT
November 25- Osband’s Raid from Vicksburg to Department of the 3rd USCC, 5th USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,
December 4, 1864 Mississippi Central RR, with engagement Mississippi pp. 777-787
at Canton Miss. (November 27, 1864)
and Yazoo City (November 29-30, 1864)
21
INVOLVING BLACK REGMENTS AND SAILORS
DEPARTMENT /
Nov. 30, 1864 Honey Hill, South Carolina (Part of Department of the South 54th Massachusetts and 55th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 44, pp. 421-
Sherman’s March to the Sea.) Massachusetts, 102nd USCT, 438; O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 16, pp.
32nd USCT, 34th USCT, and 66-86
35th USCT
December 5, 1864 Capture of landing party of USS Perry South Atlantic Blockading USS Perry O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 15, pp. 152-
Squadron 61
December 7-30 Expedition to Ft. Fisher (1st Ft. Fisher). Dept. of Virginia and North 1st USCT, 4th USCT, 5th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 42, pt. 1,
1864 Carolina USCT, 6th USCT, 10th pp. 985-88
USCT and 107th USCT
December 8, 1864 Lyon's Raid: Scottsboro, Alabama Department of the 101st USCT, 110th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,
Cumberland pp. 876
December 13-19, Raid on Pollard, Alabama, with District of West Florida, 97th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 44, p. 449
1864 engagements at Mitchell's Creek, Florida Dept. of the Gulf
(December 15-16, 1864), Pine Barren,
Florida, (December 17-18, 1864)
December 20, Raid on Pocataligo, South Carolina Department of the South 33rd USCT O.R.A., Vol. 44, pp. 450-51
1864
Grierson’s Raid on Mobile & Ohio RR; Department of Mississippi 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1,
December 21,
with engagements at Egypt, Mississippi pp. 844-75
1864–January 5,
(December 28, 1864); and Franklin,
1865
Mississippi (January 2, 1865)
22
DEPARTMENT /
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 Lyon’s Raid Department of the 101st USCT, 110th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1, pp.
Cumberland 802-04
January 8, 1865 Stevenson, Alabama Department of the 12th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 45, pt. 1, p.
Cumberland 547
January 8-13, 1865 2nd Ft. Fisher Expedition Dept. of Virginia and North 1st USCT, 4th USCT, 5th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 46, pt. 1,
Carolina USCT, 6th USCT, 10th pp. 423-25
USCT, 37th USCT, and 39th
USCT
January 10-19, Actions along the Arkansas River, Department of Arkansas 11th USCT, 54th USCT, 79th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.
1865 including engagement at Dardanelle, USCT (old), 83rd USCT 11-17
(January 19, 1865). (new)
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, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Camden, Department of Arkansas Batt. H, 2nd U. S. Lt. O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1,
1865 Arkansas, expeditions Artillery pp. 544-45
January 26- Memphis to Louisiana expedition. Department of Mississippi 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.
February 11, 1865 68-72, 44-45, 665-66, 805-06
23

DEPARTMENT / Records of the Union and
DATE ACTION SAILORS / BLACK
January 25-27, Expedition from Ft. Pinney to Kimball’s Department of Arkansas 69th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48 pt. 1, pp.
1865 Plantation, Arkansas. 73-74, 119-20
January 29— Scouts from Bayou Goula to Grand River, Department of the Gulf 80th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48 pt. 1, pp.
February 7, 1865. La., with skirmish (January 30, 1865) at 76-77
Richland Plantation.
January 31- Ft. Pike to Bayou Bonfonca and Bayou Dept. of the Gulf 74th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.
February 1, 1865 Vincent 85-86
February 5-15, Potter’s 1st Raid Department of the South 54th Massachusetts, 32nd O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1, pp.
1865 USCT and 102nd USCT 1021-1025
February 8-13, Levy County and Station 4, Florida Department of the Gulf 2nd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1, pp.
1865 40-43, 53-54
February 10-11, Brashear City to Lake Verret, Louisiana Department of the Gulf 93rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, pp.
1865 108-09
February 11-April Advance on Wilmington, North Carolina, Department of North 1st USCT, 4th USCT, 5th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1, pp.
20, 1865 with engagements at Sugar Loaf (February Carolina USCT, 6th USCT, 10th 924-26
11-19, 1865). USCT, 27th USCT, 30th
USCT, 37th USCT, and 39th
USCT
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, Expedition from Helena, Arkansas, to Department of Arkansas 56th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol.48, pt. 1, pp.
1865 Friar’s Point, Mississippi. 119-120
February 20, 1865 Ft. Myers, Florida Department of the Gulf 2nd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1, pp.
53-54.
24

DEPARTMENT / Records of the Union and
DATE ACTION SAILORS / BLACK
February 21, 1865 Occupation of Charleston, South Carolina Department of the South 21st USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1,
pp. 1018-1021
March 4-6, 1865 St. Mark’s, Florida, with engagements at Department of the Gulf 2nd USCT and 99th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1,
St. Mark’s (March 5, 1865) and Natural pp. 57-70
Bridge (March 6, 1865)
March 7-12, 1865 Sgt. Maj. James' Raid Dept. of the South 3rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1, p.
79
March 16-18, Mattox Creek, Virginia Potomac Flotilla USS Stepping Stone, USS O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol. 5, pp. 535-
1865 Wyandock 36
March 17-April Mobile Campaign with engagements at Department of the Gulf; 47th, USCT, 48th USCT, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1,
14, 1865 Byrnes Miller, Alabama (April 1, 1865); West Gulf Blockading 50th USCT, 51st USCT, 68th pp. 279-99; O.R.N., Ser. 1,
Blakely, Alabama (April 1-9, 1865); Squadron USCT, 73rd USCT, 76th Vol. 22, pp. 129-33.
sinking of the USS Milwaukee (March 28, USCT, 82nd USCT, 86th
1864), USS Osage (March 29, 1865), USCT, 96th USCT, 98th
USS Rodolph (April 1, 1865); USS Sciota USCT; USS Rodolph, USS
(April 14, 1865) Althea, USS Ida, USS
Sciota,USS Milwaukee
March 20-22, Brashear City to Bayou Pigeon, Dept. of the Gulf 75th USCT, 93rd USCT, O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1,
1865 Louisiana 10th USCHA pp. 146-47
March 21-April Stoneman's 2nd Raid Dept. of the Cumberland 1st USCHA O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 49, pt. 1,
25, 1865 pp. 338-39; pt. 2, pp. 204-05
March 24, 1865 Cox's Bridge, North Carolina Sherman's Carolinas 5th USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1, p.
Campaign 925
Dept. of North Carolina
25
DEPARTMENT /
March 25-27, Brashear City to Indian Bend, Louisiana Dept. of the Gulf 93rd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, p.
1865 153
March 28-30, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Department of the Gulf 74th USCT O.R.A. Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1,
1865 pp. 155-56; O.R.N., Ser. 1, Vol.
22, p. 116
March 29-April 5, Fall and occupation of Richmond and Department of Virginia 3rd USCT, 9th USCT, 19th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 46. pt. 1,
1865 Petersburg, Virginia USCT, 22nd USCT, 23rd pp. 1101-10; 1179-1243; pt. 3,
USCT, 36th USCT, 38th p. 567
USCT; 29th Connecticut
April 2, 1865 Devall’s 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 Siege of Petersburg- 7th, USCT, 8th USCT, 29th O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 46. pt. 1,
Appomattox Court-house (April 9, 1865) Richmond USCT, 31st USCT, 41st pp. 173, 175-78, 1237-1243
USCT
26
DEPARTMENT /
April 5-21, 1865 Potter’s 2nd Raid, with engagements at Department of the South 54th Massachusetts, 32nd O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt.1,
Dingle’s Mills (April 9, 1865); Wateree USCT and 102nd USCT pp. 1026-1032
Junction (April 11, 1865); Statesburg
(May 15, 1865); Bradford's Springs (May
18, 1865), Boydkin’s Mill (April 18,
1865); and, Rafting Creek (April 19,
1865), all in South Carolina
April 5-15, 1865 Hartwell’s Raid Department of the South 55th Massachusetts O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 47, pt. 1,
pp. 1042-43
April 19-23, 1865 Memphis, Tenn. to Brownsville, Miss. Dept. of Mississippi 3rd USCC O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt. 1, p.
184
May 11-14, 1865 Palmetto Ranch and White’s Ranch, Department of the Gulf 62nd USCT O.R.A., Ser. 1, Vol. 48, pt.1,
pp. 265-69
Texas
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