96th United States Colored Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

Organized April 4, 1864, from 2nd United States Corps de Afrique Engineers. Attached to a Provisional Brigade, 13th Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Engineer Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. United States Forces, Mobile Bay, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1864. United States Forces, Mobile Bay, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. District of Southern Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1865. Engineer Brigade, 13th Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. Unassigned, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1866.

SERVICE.--Garrison at Fort Esperanza and engineer duty on Matagorda Peninsula, Texas, until May, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans, La., May 27; thence to Port Hudson, La., and duty there until July 27. Moved to New Orleans, thence to Mobile Bay, Ala. Siege operations against Fort Gaines and Morgan August 2-23. Duty at Mobile Point until November. At East Pascagoula until February, 1865. Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses February to April. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 17-April 9. Duty on the Fortifications at Mobile and at various points in the Dept. of the Gulf until January, 1866. Mustered out January 29, 1866.

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