Colored Troops

United States Color Troops



BUREAU OF COLORED TROOPS
WAR DEPARTMENT

United States Colored Troops
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, May 22, 1863
GENERAL ORDERS No. 143.

I. A Bureau is established in the Adjutant General's Office for the record of all matters relating to the organization of Colored Troops. An officer will be assigned to the charge of the Bureau, with such number of clerks as may be designated by the Adjutant General.

II. Three or more field officers will be detailed as Inspectors to supervise the organization of colored troops at such points as may be indicated by the War Department in the Northern and Western States.

III. Boards will be convened at such posts as may be decided upon by the War Department to examine applicants for commissions to command colored troops, who, on application to the Adjutant General, may receive authority to present themselves to the board for examination.

IV. No persons shall be allowed to recruit for colored troops except specially authorized by the War Department; and no such authority will be given to persons who have not been examined and passed by a board; nor will such authority be given any one person to raise more than one regiment.

V. The reports of Boards will specify the grade of commission for which each candidate is fit, and authority to recruit will be given in accordance. Commissions will be issued from the Adjutant General's Office when the prescribed number of men is ready for muster into service.

VI. Colored troops may be accepted by companies, to be afterwards consolidated in battalions and regiments by the Adjutant General. The regiments will be numbered seriatim, in the order in which they are raised, the numbers to be determined by the Adjutant General. They will be designated: "-- Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops."

VII. Recruiting stations and depots will be established by the Adjutant General as circumstances shall require, and officers will be detailed to muster and inspect the troops.

VIII. The non-commissioned officers of colored troops may be selected and appointed from the best men of their number in the usual mode of appointing non-commissioned officers. Meritorious commissioned officers will be entitled to promotion to higher rank if they prove themselves equal to it.

IX. All personal applications for appointments in colored regiments, or for information concerning them, must be made to the Chief of the Bureau; all written communications should be addressed to the Chief of the Bureau, to the care of the Adjutant General.

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General

Colored Troops Regiments

Name of Regiment (Colored Troops Date of Organization Muster Date Regiment Type
Independent Light Artillery Battery UC 23 December 1864 22 July 1865 Light Artillery
1st Cavalry Regiment UC 22 December 1863 04 February 1866 Cavalry
1st Engineers Regiment UC     Engineers
1st Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 October 1864 31 March 1866 Heavy Artillery
1st Infantry Regiment UC 01 June 1863 29 September 1865 Infantry
2nd Cavalry Regiment UC 22 December 1863 12 February 1866 Cavalry
2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment UC     Heavy Artillery
2nd Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 05 January 1866 Infantry
2nd LA Batty A Light Artillery Battery UC 30 April 1864 13 January 1866 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty B Light Artillery Battery UC 27 February 1864 17 March 1866 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty C Light Artillery Battery UC 06 November 1863 28 December 1865 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty D Light Artillery Battery UC 21 December 1863 28 December 1865 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty E Light Artillery Battery UC 01 December 1863 26 September 1865 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty F Light Artillery Battery UC 23 November 1863 28 December 1865 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty G Light Artillery Battery UC 24 May 1864 12 August 1865 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty H Light Artillery Battery UC 04 June 1864 15 September 1865 Light Artillery
2nd LA Batty I Light Artillery Battery UC 19 April 1864 10 January 1866 Light Artillery
3rd Cavalry Regiment UC 01 December 1863 26 January 1866 Cavalry
3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 September 1863 30 April 1866 Heavy Artillery
3rd Infantry Regiment UC 10 August 1863 31 October 1865 Infantry
4th Cavalry Regiment UC 19 July 1864 20 March 1866 Cavalry
4th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 11 March 1864 25 February 1866 Heavy Artillery
4th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1863 04 May 1866 Infantry
5th Cavalry Regiment UC 30 October 1864 16 March 1866 Cavalry
5th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 December 1863 20 May 1866 Heavy Artillery
5th Infantry Regiment UC 01 October 1863 20 September 1865 Infantry
6th Cavalry Regiment UC 01 April 1865 15 April 1866 Cavalry
6th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 January 1864 13 May 1866 Heavy Artillery
6th Infantry Regiment UC 12 September 1863 20 September 1865 Infantry
7th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC     Heavy Artillery
7th Infantry Regiment UC 01 November 1863 13 October 1866 Infantry
8th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 September 1864 10 February 1866 Heavy Artillery
8th Infantry Regiment UC 01 November 1863 10 November 1865 Infantry
9th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 November 1864 05 May 1865 Heavy Artillery
9th Infantry Regiment UC 30 November 1863 26 November 1866 Infantry
10th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 21 May 1864 22 February 1867 Heavy Artillery
10th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1864 17 May 1866 Infantry
11th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 January 1864 02 October 1865 Heavy Artillery
11th Infantry Regiment UC 01 April 1864 12 January 1866 Infantry
11th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 22 April 1865 Infantry
12th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 December 1864 24 April 1866 Heavy Artillery
12th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1863 16 January 1866 Infantry
13th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 23 June 1865 18 November 1865 Heavy Artillery
13th Infantry Regiment UC 19 November 1863 10 January 1866 Infantry
14th Heavy Artillery Regiment UC 01 July 1864 11 December 1865 Heavy Artillery
14th Infantry Regiment UC 01 January 1864 26 March 1866 Infantry
15th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 07 April 1866 Infantry
16th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 30 April 1866 Infantry
17th Infantry Regiment UC 21 December 1863 25 April 1866 Infantry
18th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1864 21 February 1866 Infantry
19th Infantry Regiment UC 01 January 1864 15 January 1867 Infantry
20th Infantry Regiment UC 09 February 1864 07 October 1865 Infantry
21st Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1864 25 April 1866 Infantry
22nd Infantry Regiment UC 29 January 1864 16 October 1865 Infantry
23rd Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 30 November 1865 Infantry
24th Infantry Regiment UC 17 February 1865 01 October 1865 Infantry
25th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 06 December 1865 Infantry
26th Infantry Regiment UC 27 February 1864 28 August 1865 Infantry
27th Infantry Regiment UC 01 June 1864 21 September 1865 Infantry
28th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 08 November 1865 Infantry
29th Infantry Regiment UC 24 April 1864 06 November 1865 Infantry
30th Infantry Regiment UC 01 March 1864 10 December 1865 Infantry
31st Infantry Regiment UC 29 April 1864 01 December 1865 Infantry
32nd Infantry Regiment UC 01 March 1864 22 August 1865 Infantry
33rd Infantry Regiment UC 31 January 1863 31 January 1866 Infantry
34th Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1864 28 February 1866 Infantry
35th Infantry Regiment UC 30 June 1863 01 June 1866 Infantry
36th Infantry Regiment UC 28 October 1863 28 October 1866 Infantry
37th Infantry Regiment UC 01 August 1864 11 February 1867 Infantry
38th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 25 January 1867 Infantry
39th Infantry Regiment UC 31 March 1864 04 December 1865 Infantry
40th Infantry Regiment UC 01 April 1864 25 April 1866 Infantry
41st Infantry Regiment UC 01 November 1864 10 December 1865 Infantry
42nd Infantry Regiment UC 01 June 1864 31 January 1866 Infantry
43rd Infantry Regiment UC 01 May 1864 20 October 1865 Infantry
44th Infantry Regiment UC 01 June 1864 30 April 1866 Infantry
45th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1864 04 November 1865 Infantry
46th Infantry Regiment UC 01 May 1863 30 January 1866 Infantry
47th Infantry Regiment UC 05 May 1863 05 January 1866 Infantry
48th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1863 04 January 1866 Infantry
49th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1863 22 March 1866 Infantry
50th Infantry Regiment UC 27 July 1863 20 March 1866 Infantry
51st Infantry Regiment UC 01 November 1863 16 June 1866 Infantry
52nd Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 05 May 1866 Infantry
53rd Infantry Regiment UC 19 May 1863 08 March 1866 Infantry
54th Infantry Regiment UC 01 November 1863 31 December 1866 Infantry
55th Infantry Regiment UC 21 May 1863 31 December 1865 Infantry
56th Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 15 September 1866 Infantry
57th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 13 December 1866 Infantry
58th Infantry Regiment UC 27 August 1863 30 April 1866 Infantry
59th Infantry Regiment UC 27 June 1863 31 January 1866 Infantry
60th Infantry Regiment UC 01 November 1863 15 October 1865 Infantry
61st Infantry Regiment UC 08 August 1863 30 December 1865 Infantry
62nd Infantry Regiment UC 14 December 1863 31 March 1866 Infantry
63rd Infantry Regiment UC 14 December 1863 09 January 1866 Infantry
64th Infantry Regiment UC 01 January 1864 13 March 1866 Infantry
65th Infantry Regiment UC 16 January 1864 08 January 1867 Infantry
66th Infantry Regiment UC 11 January 1864 20 March 1866 Infantry
67th Infantry Regiment UC 13 February 1864 12 July 1865 Infantry
68th Infantry Regiment UC 23 April 1864 05 February 1866 Infantry
69th Infantry Regiment UC 17 March 1865 20 September 1865 Infantry
70th Infantry Regiment UC 01 August 1864 07 March 1866 Infantry
71st Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1864 08 November 1864 Infantry
72nd Infantry Regiment UC 22 April 1865 03 May 1865 Infantry
73rd Infantry Regiment UC 27 September 1862 27 September 1865 Infantry
74th Infantry Regiment UC 12 October 1862 11 October 1865 Infantry
75th Infantry Regiment UC 24 November 1862 25 November 1865 Infantry
76th Infantry Regiment UC 01 March 1863 31 December 1865 Infantry
77th Infantry Regiment UC 08 December 1863 01 October 1865 Infantry
78th Infantry Regiment UC 04 September 1863 06 January 1866 Infantry
79th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1863 01 October 1865 Infantry
79th Infantry Regiment UC 31 August 1863 28 July 1864 Infantry
80th Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 01 March 1867 Infantry
81st Infantry Regiment UC 02 September 1863 30 November 1866 Infantry
82nd Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 10 September 1866 Infantry
83rd Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 09 October 1865 Infantry
83rd Infantry Regiment UC 17 August 1863 28 July 1864 Infantry
84th Infantry Regiment UC 01 October 1863 14 March 1866 Infantry
85th Infantry Regiment UC 11 March 1864   Infantry
86th Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 10 April 1866 Infantry
87th Infantry Regiment UC 16 October 1863 26 November 1864 Infantry
87th Infantry Regiment UC 26 November 1864 14 August 1865 Infantry
88th Infantry Regiment UC 01 June 1865 16 December 1865 Infantry
88th Infantry Regiment UC 24 September 1863 28 July 1864 Infantry
89th Infantry Regiment UC 01 November 1863 28 July 1864 Infantry
90th Infantry Regiment UC 11 February 1864 28 July 1864 Infantry
91st Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1863 07 July 1864 Infantry
92nd Infantry Regiment UC 24 October 1863 31 December 1865 Infantry
93rd Infantry Regiment UC 21 November 1863 23 June 1865 Infantry
94th Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
95th Infantry Regiment UC 28 April 1863 26 November 1864 Infantry
96th Infantry Regiment UC 15 August 1863 29 January 1866 Infantry
97th Infantry Regiment UC 26 August 1863 06 April 1866 Infantry
98th Infantry Regiment UC 01 January 1864 26 August 1865 Infantry
99th Infantry Regiment UC 27 August 1863 23 April 1866 Infantry
100th Infantry Regiment UC 01 June 1864 26 December 1865 Infantry
101st Infantry Regiment UC 01 December 1864 21 January 1866 Infantry
102nd Infantry Regiment UC 17 February 1864 30 September 1865 Infantry
103rd Infantry Regiment UC 10 March 1865 20 April 1866 Infantry
104th Infantry Regiment UC 25 June 1865 05 February 1866 Infantry
105th Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
106th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1864 07 November 1865 Infantry
107th Infantry Regiment UC 01 July 1864 22 November 1866 Infantry
108th Infantry Regiment UC 22 August 1864 21 March 1866 Infantry
109th Infantry Regiment UC 05 July 1864 06 February 1866 Infantry
110th Infantry Regiment UC 01 January 1864 06 February 1866 Infantry
111th Infantry Regiment UC 01 March 1864 30 April 1866 Infantry
112th Infantry Regiment UC 01 August 1864 01 April 1865 Infantry
113th Infantry Regiment UC 01 April 1865 09 April 1866 Infantry
113th Infantry Regiment UC 01 May 1864 01 April 1865 Infantry
114th Infantry Regiment UC 04 July 1864 02 April 1867 Infantry
115th Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1864 10 February 1866 Infantry
116th Infantry Regiment UC 12 July 1864 17 January 1867 Infantry
117th Infantry Regiment UC 01 September 1864 10 August 1867 Infantry
118th Infantry Regiment UC 19 October 1864 06 February 1866 Infantry
119th Infantry Regiment UC 01 April 1865 27 April 1866 Infantry
120th Infantry Regiment UC 01 February 1864 21 June 1865 Infantry
121st Infantry Regiment UC 01 March 1865 30 June 1865 Infantry
122nd Infantry Regiment UC 31 December 1864 08 February 1866 Infantry
123rd Infantry Regiment UC 02 December 1864 16 October 1865 Infantry
124th Infantry Regiment UC 01 March 1865 24 October 1865 Infantry
125th Infantry Regiment UC 01 April 1865 20 December 1867 Infantry
126th Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
127th Infantry Regiment UC 10 September 1864 20 October 1865 Infantry
128th Infantry Regiment UC 29 April 1865 10 October 1866 Infantry
129th Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
130th Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
131st Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
132nd Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
133rd Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
134th Infantry Regiment UC     Infantry
135th Infantry Regiment UC 28 March 1865 23 October 1865 Infantry
136th Infantry Regiment UC 15 July 1865 04 January 1866 Infantry
137th Infantry Regiment UC 08 April 1865 15 January 1866 Infantry
138th Infantry Regiment UC 15 July 1865 06 January 1866 Infantry