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United States Colored Troops 7th Infantry (Union)

9/26/63

Organized - United States Colored Troops 7th Infantry - United States Colored Troops

7/7/64

Battle - James Island, South Carolina

8/14/64

Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia

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Second Deep Bottom

As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE

9/20/64

Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia

10/13/64

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alvin C. Voris

10/13/64

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William Birney

Brigadier GeneralWilliam Birney

10/13/64

Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia

10/27/64

Battle - Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road - Henrico County, Virginia

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Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fair_Oaks_%26_Darbytown_RoadREAD MORE

11/15/66

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