8th Louisiana (Colored) Infantry (U)
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Lake Providence, La., May 5, 1863. Attached to African Brigade, District of Northeast Louisiana, to July, 1863. Post of Vicksburg, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, March, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Lake Providence, La., until July, 1863.
- May 18-July 4, 1863 -
Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi[1]
Post duty at Vicksburg, Miss., until March, 1864. Expedition up Yazoo River February 1-March 8, 1864. Liverpool Heights February 4. Capture of Yazoo City February 4. Satartia February 7. Occupation of Yazoo City February 9-March 6. Skirmish Yazoo City March 5. Designation of Regiment changed to 47th United States (Colored) Infantry on March 11, 1864.
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally referenced on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 779, 1214)
