The 3rd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment (African Descent) was an
infantry regiment 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 (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...
between January 3, 1864, and June 25, 1864, during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...
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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 January 3, 1864. Straight away it was placed 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.
Histo ...
. While they were on garrison duty they were attached to the Department of Tennessee. In the meantime, they acted as guard for railroads into Northern Alabama until June 25, 1864. On June 25, 1864, the regiment was designated the 111th 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. .
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United States Colored Troops Civil War units and formations
Military units and formations established in 1864
1864 establishments in Tennessee
Military units and formations disestablished in 1864