48th United States Colored Infantry Regiment

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The 48th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was a U.S.C.T. infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized from the 10th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent) in March 1864 and fought in the Gulf Coast areas as part of the Department of the Gulf. It participated in the Battle of Fort Blakely in April 1865, after which it served in various garrison roles in Texas until it was mustered out on January 4, 1866. During its time of service the regiment lost three officers and 59 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and one officer and 464 enlisted men died of disease, for a total of 527.

United States Colored Troops African American soldiers for the Union in the American Civil War

The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments in the United States Army composed primarily of African-American (colored) soldiers, although members of other minority groups also served with the units. They were first recruited during the American Civil War, and by the end of that war in April 1865, the 175 USCT regiments constituted about one-tenth of the manpower of the Union Army. About 20% of USCT soldiers died, a rate about 35% higher than that for white Union troops. Despite heavy casualties, many fought with distinction, with 15 USCT receiving the Medal of Honor and numerous other honors.

Union Army Land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War


During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. Also known as the Federal Army, it proved essential to the preservation of the United States of America as a working, viable republic.

American Civil War Civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865

The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The Civil War is the most studied and written about episode in U.S. history. Primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people, war broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States. The loyalists of the Union in the North proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights to uphold slavery.

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Led by Col. Frederick Mortimer Crandal, Col. 48th U.S. Colored Infantry, 8 Aug 1863; B1-D1-USCT District of Vicksburg - Dept. of the Miss. 17 Feb - 19 May 1865; B1-D1-Dist. Of West Fla-Mil Div of West Miss., 14 May 1865-June 1865; Brevet Brigadier General, 24 Oct 1865 When the 48th United States Colored Infantry unit was established from the 10th Louisiana Infantry in March 1864, he was promoted to Colonel and assigned as the regiment's commander. He led his unit in the assault and capture of Fort Blakely, Alabama in early April 1865. On March 13, 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services." He remained in the United States Army after the war, retiring as a Lt Col. in 1895. (bio by: Thomas Fisher) <Civil War High Commands https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0804780358 Page 189ref> </Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans ... https://books.google.com/books?id=4IxIAAAAYAAJ page 254 ref>

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