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Colored Infantry Civil War
Regiment Coloed Infantry
102D U.S.
Some time in the month following the regiment returned to Charleston, where it was mustered out of service September 30th, and proceeded to Michigan, arriving on October 17th at Detroit, where it was paid off and disbanded.
It was in engagements during its term of service at Baldwin, Fla., August 8, 1864;
Honey Hill, S. 0., November 30, 1864;
Tullifinny, S. C, December 7, 1864;
Devaux Neck, S. C, December 9, 1864;
Cuckwold's Creek Bridge, February 8, 1865;
Sumterville, S. C, April 8, 1865;
Spring Hill, S. C., April 15, 1865;
Swift Greek, S. 0., April 17, 1865;
Boykin's, S. C, April 18, 1865;
Singleton's Plantation, S. 0., April 19,
This regiment had borne on the rolls 1,446 officers and men and lost 140, of which 2 officers and 4 men were killed in action, 5 men died of wounds, and 1 officer and 128 men died of disease.
We rose and rushed unto her aid,
"White faces sank into the grave,
Black faces, too,
and all were brave.
Their red blood thrilled Columbia's heart;
It could not tell the two apart. "1865.
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