United States Colored Troops 35th Infantry (Union)
8/02/64
Organized - United States Colored Troops 35th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
20/02/64
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel William N. Reed
Lieutenant ColonelWilliam N. Reed
20/02/64
Battle - Olustee - Baker County, Florida
In February 1864, the commander of the Union Department of the South, Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, launched an expedition into Florida to secure Union enclaves, sever Rebel supply routes, and recruit black soldiers. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour moved his 5,500-man force from Jacksonville deep into the state, meeting little resistance. On February 20th, as he advanced toward Lake City, he approached Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan's 5,000 Confederates entrenched in an open pine woods near Olustee. Finegan send forw…READ MORE
30/11/64
Battle - Honey Hill - Jasper County, South Carolina; Beaufort County, South Carolina
1/06/66
Mustered Out - United States Colored Troops 35th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
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