36th United States Colored Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• February 8, 1864 - Organized from 2nd North Carolina (Colored) Infantry (U)

Attached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. District of St. Marys, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina to June, 1864. Unattached, Army of the James, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, and Dept. of Texas, to October, 1866.

SERVICE.--

• Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., until April, 1864.
• At Point Lookout, Md., District of St. Marys, guarding prisoners until July, 1864.
• April 12-14, 1864 - Expedition from Point Lookout, Maryland to Westmoreland County, Virginia
• May 11-14, 1864 - Expedition from Point Lookout, Maryland to the Rappahannock River, Virginia
• June 11-21, 1864 - Expedition from Point Lookout, Maryland to Pope's Creek, Virginia (Detachment)
• Moved from Point Lookout to Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 1-3.
• Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va.,July 3, 1864, to April 2, 1865.

• August 11-21, 1864 - Expedition from Point Lookout, Maryland to Pope's Creek, Virginia

Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 29-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Dutch Gap November 17. Indiantown, Sandy Creek, N. C., December 18 (Detachment). Duty north of James River before Richmond until March 27, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 27-April 9. Occupation of Richmond April 3. Duty in Dept. of Virginia until May. Moved to Texas May 24-June 6. Duty along the Rio Grande, Texas, and at various points in Texas until October, 1866.

• October 28, 1866 - Mustered out of federal service

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 763, 764, 1729-1730)