(II) 79th United States (Colored) Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to January, 1865. Colored Brigade, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to October, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Smith, Ark., until January, 1865. Skirmish at Ivey's Ford January 8. Ordered to Little Rock January 16. Skirmish at Clarksville, Ark., January 18. Duty at Little Rock, Ark., until July, and at Pine Bluff until October. Mustered out at Pine Bluff, Ark., October 1, 1865, and discharged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, October 30, 1865.

Regimental Roster

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source
Source Casualties Remarks
Dyer
  • 5 Officers and 183 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
  • 1 Officer and 165 enlisted men killed by disease
  • Total 354
None
Fox
  • 15.0% Casualty Rate (188 Killed/1249 Enrolled)
  • Fox lists this unit as:
    • 21st on the list of units with losses based on "maximum percentage of enrollment"
    • 26th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (1st of the United States Colored Troops)
None
WotRWiki Statistics
  • 0 troops killed
    • Includes 0 troops mortally wounded
    • Includes 0 troops killed by disease
    • All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances
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