The 8th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African Descent) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was composed primarily...

The 9th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent), later reorganized as 1st Mississippi Colored Heavy Artillery and then renamed 5th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery...

Illinois Infantry Regiment under Major George C. McKee and 17 officers and 370 men from the 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent) under Lieutenant...

49th United States Colored Infantry, first established as the 11th Louisiana Infantry (African descent) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during...

The 69th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army. It is from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard. It is...

organized and commanded the 8th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African Descent) at Lake Providence, Louisiana. The regiment participated in the expedition...

Coates and 947 men from the 11th Illinois Infantry Regiment and 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent) left Vicksburg aboard six river transports...

30, 1906) serving in the 8th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African Descent), later reorganized as the 47th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops and rising...

army units, the Illinois 8th Infantry Regiment was federalized, and made U.S. armed forces history when its entirely African-American officer corps led...

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) were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa; as well as some units of...

Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (African Descent). The unit soon began taking part in expeditions near Vicksburg. In February–March 1864, the regiment saw action...

regiments, and the Irish were re-designated as the 8th Union Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Irish Rifles). Badges of the 8th Union Volunteers Infantry Regiment...

withdrew his previously-engaged men and deployed the 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent), a USCT unit. The Union unit fired several volleys...

Infantry Regiment was a U.S.C.T. infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized from the 8th Louisiana Infantry (African...

Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Company A: Lt Samuel A. Lowe MG Stephen A. Hurlbut MG James B. McPherson Escort: 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, Companies B, C...

Lafourche. The first settlers of European descent in this area arrived in the 18th century, when Louisiana was the Spanish province of Luisiana. They...

by Maltby's company, a unit that was officially part of the 8th Texas Infantry Regiment. In 1861, William Maltby, a journalist from Corpus Christi, raised...

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Missouri, while the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment (African Descent) saw the first combat wounds suffered by African American soldiers in Arkansas during...

of the 89th Infantry Division. Otis B. Duncan, lieutenant-colonel in the 370th Infantry Regiment (United States) and highest-ranking African-American officer...

lieutenant of Infantry. His first assignment was with the 20th Infantry Regiment at Fort Leonard Wood, and during this time he walked to the Louisiana Maneuvers...

Spanish–American War (1898), the Illinois 8th Infantry National Guard was federalized, and made history when its all-African-American officer corps led the unit...

on August 26, 1861, at Madison, Wisconsin. He served in the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. On September 28, 1861, he was...

New York, some Puerto Ricans joined the 369th Infantry Regiment, which was mostly composed of African-Americans. They were not allowed to fight alongside...

was appointed a major in the 8th Infantry Regiment. In July 1812, he became lieutenant colonel of the 24th Infantry Regiment. In 1813, he was promoted to...

colored infantry regiments raised by Brigadier General Daniel Ullman. Most of the remainder of the regiments would be formed at New Orleans, Louisiana. Though...

On April 14, 1863 he was appointed colonel of the 9th Louisiana Regiment of African Descent. During the Vicksburg campaign Lieb commanded the post of...

business. He was of Scottish descent (including some Scots-Irish). His great-grandfather, Major Alexander Stuart, commanded a regiment at the Battle of Guilford...

New York Infantry). Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. Dunkelman, Mark H., and Michael Winey. The Hardtack Regiment: An Illustrated...