The Negro as a soldierFleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham)
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The Negro as a soldier
Fleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham)
African American soldiers; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
Alabama 2,969
Louisiana 24,052
New Hampshire 125
Massachusetts 3,966
Connecticut 1,764
New Jersey 1,185
Delaware 954
Dist. of Columbia 3,269
North Carolina 5,035
South Carolina 5,462
Florida 1,044
Tennessee 20,133
Michigan 1,387
Indiana 1,537
Missouri 8,344
Iowa 440
Kansas 2,080
Colorado Ter. 95
Mississippi 17,869
Maine 104
Vermont 120
Rhode Island 1,837
New York 4,125
Pennsylvania 8,612
Maryland 8,718
Virginia 5,723
West Virginia 196
Georgia 3,486
Arkansas 5,526
Kentucky 23,703
Ohio 5,092
Illinois 1,811
Minnesota 104
Wisconsin 165
Texas 47
Miscellaneous 5,896
The completed organizations were as follows:
138 regiments of infantry.
6 regiments of cavalry.
14 regiments of heavy artillery.
1 regiments of light artillery.
On 449 occasions their blood was spilled.
These are a few of the regiments having the largest number of men killed
in any one engagement.
The 8th U. S. C. T., at Olustee, 87 killed.
The 13th U. S. C. T., at Nashville, 84 killed.
The 23rd U. S. C. T., at Petersburg, 81 killed.
The 7th U. S. C. T., at Fort Gilmore, 68 killed.
The 5th U. S. C. T., at Chaffin’s Farm 63 killed.
The 6th U. S. C. T., at Chaffin’s Farm 61 killed.
The 54th Mass. Inf., at Fort Wagner, 58 killed.
The regiments having more than fifty men killed during their period of
service are as follows:
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