On March 14 and 15, I wrote about Private William Morgan who was with the 27th USCT Infantry Regiment which fought at Fort Fisher.
I decided to do some more research on the unit.
From the Archival Resources of Virginia.
The 27th USCT (United States Colored Troops) was organized as a three year regiment at Camp Delaware, Ohio, on January 16, 1864, and ordered to Annapolis, Maryland. Most of the men came from Ohio.
There it was attached to the 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac until September 1864, and then to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps.
In December 1864, it joined the 1st brigade, 3rd Divison, 25th Corps (the Union Army's only all black corps). Later it was attached to several other groups.
They participated in several engagements and campaigns in Virginia and North Carolina.
--Old B-Runner
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