The 2nd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment (African Descent) was an
infantry regiment
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine i ...
that served in the
Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. It proved essential to th ...
between November 20, 1863, and June 25, 1864, during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
.
Service
The infantry regiment was organized at
Pulaski, Tennessee
Pulaski is a city in and the county seat of Giles County, which is located on the central-southern border of Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,397 at the 2020 census. It was named after Casimir Pulaski, a noted Polish-born soldier ...
, on November 20, 1863. From there it was attached to the 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Department of Tennessee. In the meantime, it was on garrison duty at Pulaski and
Athens, Alabama
Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 21,897.
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, which included acting as guard for railroads into Northern Alabama until June 25, 1864. On June 25, 1864, the regiment was designated the 110th U.S. Regiment Colored Troops.
[Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 997.]
See also
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List of Alabama Union Civil War regiments
This is a list of units from the State of Alabama that fought in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865):
See also
* List of American Civil War units by state
* Alabama Civil War Confederate Units
* Alabama in the American C ...
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List of United States Colored Troops Civil War units
Infantry
* 1st Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
* 2nd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
* 3rd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
* 4th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
* 5th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops – Former ...
References
Bibliography
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Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion''. Sagamore Press Inc. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, New York, New York. {{LCCN, 5912963.
United States Colored Troops Civil War units and formations
Military units and formations established in 1863
1863 establishments in Tennessee
Military units and formations disestablished in 1864