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61st United States Colored Regiment Infantry.

Organized March 11, 1864, from 2nd Tennessee Infantry (African Descent).

Attached to District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Corps. Dept. of Tennessee, to June, 1864.

1st Colored Brigade, Memphis, Tenn., District of West Tennessee, to February, 1865.

1st Brigade, United States Colored Troops, District of Morganza, Dept. of the Gulf, to April, 1865.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West Florida, to June, 1865.

Dept. of Alabama to December, 1865.

Service.

Post and garrison duty at Memphis, Tenn., till July, 1864.

Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July 5-21.

Camargo's Cross Roads July 13.

Tupelo July 14-15.

Old Town Creek July 15.

Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30.

Repulse of Forest's attack on Memphis, Tenn., August 21.

Near Memphis August 24.

Eastport October 10.

Moscow Station December 2-3.

Duty at Memphis till February, 1865.

Ordered to New Orleans, La., February 23; thence to Morganza, La.

Ordered to Barrancas, Florida, March 17.

Ordered to Blakely, Ala., April 15.

Duty there and in the District of Alabama till December.

Mustered out December 30, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 37 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 316 Enlisted men by disease. Total 356.

1908.

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