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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 6: the Colored troops — history of their organization — their losses in battle and by disease. (search)
hrough no fault of theirs. The first action in which colored troops were engaged was an affair at Island Mounds, Mo., October 28, 1862, in which a detachment of the First Kansas was attacked by a superior number of Confederates under command of Colonel Cockerel. Although outnumbered, they made a successful resistance and scored a victory. Their loss was 10 killed, including a Captain, and 12 wounded The First Kansas, also, lost 16 men killed on May 18, 1863, in a minor engagement at Sherwood, Mo. In the assault on Port Hudson, La., May 27, 1863, colored troops were used for the first time in a general engagement. The Nineteenth Army Corps, during its besiegement of that stronghold, included several colored regiments in its organization. There were the First and Third Louisiana Native Guards; The First Louisiana Engineers, Corps d'afrique; and, the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Infantry, Corps d'afrique. During the siege the First Louisiana Native Guards lost 2 off
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
Officers. Men. Total. Field and Staff             17 Company A   16 16   22 22 111   B 1 11 12   21 21 130   C 1 17 18   17 17 108   D   12 12   23 23 109   E 1 15 16   17 17 116   F   21 21 1 17 18 129   G   13 13   19 19 136   H 1 14 15   15 15 128   I   16 16   7 7 121   K 1 48 49   7 7 144 Totals 5 183 188 1 165 166 1,249 188 killed == 15 per cent. battles. K. & M. W. battles. K. & M. W. Island Mounds, Mo. 10 Horse Head Creek, Ark. 1 Sherwood, Mo. 16 Poison Springs, Ark. 111 Cabin Creek, C. N. 1 Flat Rock, C. N. 36 Honey Springs, C. N. 5 Timber Hills, C. N. 2 Fort Gibson, C. N. 1 Ivy Ford, Ark. 1 Lawrence, Kan. 1 Roseville, Ark. 2 Baxter Springs, C. N. 1     Present, also, at Bush Creek; Prairie d'ann; Jenkins's Ferry; Joy's Ford. notes.--Organized originally as the First Kansas Colored Volunteers, its designation being changed to the Seventy-ninth United States Colored Infantry, Dec