United States Colored Troops 31st Infantry (Union)
4/29/64
Organized - United States Colored Troops 31st Infantry - United States Colored Troops
7/30/64
Battle - Crater - Petersburg, Virginia
Two weeks after Union forces arrived to invest the Confederate defenders of Petersburg, the battle lines of both sides had settled into a stalemate. Since Cold Harbor, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was reluctant to mount a frontal attack against well-entrenched Confederates. By late June, Grant's lines covered most of the eastern approaches to Petersburg, but neither side seemed ready to risk an offensive move. Part of the Union line was held by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Ninth Corps. Some of Burnside'…READ MORE
12/1/65
Mustered Out - United States Colored Troops 31st Infantry - United States Colored Troops
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