12th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African Descent)
The 12th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African Descent) was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1][2]
African Brigade
[edit]The regiment was organized between May and July 1863 and was attached to the African Brigade in the Northeast Louisiana District until July 1863. The unit was posted at Vicksburg, Mississippi until March 1864.
50th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
[edit]The designation of the regiment was changed to 50th Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops on March 11, 1864.[3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories. New York: T. Yoseloff.
- ^ United Nations Library (2006). Bibliography Of State Participation In The Civil War, 1861-1866. Martino Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 1-57898-519-6.
- ^ "Union Regimental Histories: United States Colored Troops Infantry". The Civil War Archive. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
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