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unusual facts about U.S. Colored Troops



26th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops

The first episode of the second season of Who Do You Think You Are? featured Vannessa Williams' search for her ancestor David Carll, and visited several of the battle sites where the 26th Regiment fought.

Alonzo J. Edgerton

By January 1864 he had risen to the rank of Colonel of the 67th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops.

Battle of Honey Hill

Determined attacks were launched by U.S. Colored Troops including a brigade led by Alfred S. Hartwell that included the 54th Massachusetts and 55th Massachusetts.

Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park

12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops, organized and sometimes stationed at Camp Nelson


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