Talk:Siege of Port Hudson order of battle: Union

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The Corps D'Afrique Brigade needs additional research or clarification. The 7th and 8th U.S. Colored Infantry regiments were not mustered into the service until after the Siege of Port Hudson. Spacini (talk) 15:49, 10 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

From Frederick H. Dyer, Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles [1]

May 24-July 9: Siege of Port Hudson

CONNECTICUT--12th, 13th, 24th, 25th and 28th Infantry.
ILLINOIS--6th and 7th Cavalry.
INDIANA--1st Heavy Arty.
LOUISIANA--1st Cavalry; 1st and 2d Infantry; 1st and 3d Native Guard Colored Infantry.
MAINE--1st Battery Light Arty.; 12th, 14th, 21st, 22d, 24th, 26th and 28th Infantry.
MASSACHUSETTS--3d Cavalry; 2d, 4th, 6th and 13th Batteries Light Arty.; 4th, 30th, 31st, 38th, 42d, 48th, 49th, 50th, 52d and 53d Infantry.
NEW HAMPSHIRE--8th and 15th Infantry.
NEW YORK--14th Cavalry; 18th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 75th, 90th, 91st, 110th, 114th, 116th, 128th, 131st, 133d, 156th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162d, 165th, 173d, 174th, 175th and 177th Infantry.
RHODE ISLAND--2d Cavalry.
VERMONT--1st and 2d Batteries Light Arty.; 8th Infantry.
WISCONSIN--4th Infantry.
UNITED STATES--Batteries "A," "F" and "L" 1st Arty., Battery "C" 2d Arty., Battery "G" 5th Arty. Corps de Afrique, 1st Engineers; 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Infantry.

Union loss, 708 killed, 3,336 wounded, 319 missing. Total, 4,363.

--Kkmurray (talk) 18:25, 10 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

This was actually quite helpful. I was able to determine that the Corps D'Afrique were actually separate units from the U.S. Colored Troops and subsequently they had their unit designations changed. For example, the 7th Corps De Afrique Infantry became the 79th U.S. Colored Infantry on April 4, 1864. I'm going to make some cosmetic changes to this order of battle to avoid any confusion with the Regular U.S.C.T. units. Thanks! Spacini (talk) 20:17, 11 May 2015 (UTC)Reply

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