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73rd United States Colored Regiment Infantry.

Organized April 4, 1864, from 1st Corps de Afrique Infantry.

Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Corps de Afrique, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1865.

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

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West Florida, to June, 1865.

Dept. of the Gulf to September, 1865.

Service.

Duty at Port Hudson, La., till March, 1864.

Red River Campaign March 10-May 22.

Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26.

Retreat from Alexandria to Morganza May 13-20.

Mansura May 16.

Near Moreauville and Yellow Bayou May 17.

Yellow Bayou May 18.

Near Morganza May 24.

Duty at Port Hudson till July, and at Morganza till February, 1865.

Moved to Algiers, La., February 26; thence to Barrancas, Florida

March from Pensacola, Florida, to Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 1.

Siege of Fort Blakely April [1735] 1-9.

Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9.

Occupation of Mobile April 12.

March to Montgomery April 13-25.

Detached as guard to transports April 28, and return to Mobile.

Duty there till June.

Moved to New Orleans, La., June 10; thence to Greenville, La.

Duty there and in Dept. of the Gulf till September.

Consolidated with 96th United States Colored Troops September 27, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 173 Enlisted men by disease. Total 220.

1908.

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