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United States Colored Troops 45th Infantry (Union)

1864-07-01

Organized - United States Colored Troops 45th Infantry - United States Colored Troops

1864-09-20

Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia

1864-10-13

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Ulysses Doubleday

1864-10-13

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William Birney

Brigadier GeneralWilliam Birney

1864-10-13

Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia

1864-10-27

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

1865-02-05

Battle - Hatcher's Run - Dinwiddie County, Virginia

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Hatcher's Run

By February 1865, the stalemate around Petersburg had entered its eighth month. Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant began to stretch the Union battle lines to the west in an attempt to get Gen. Robert E. Lee's under strength army to do the same. On February 5th, Union Brig. Gen. David Gregg's cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Reams Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to intercept Confederate supply trains. Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren with the Fifth Corps crossed Hatcher's Run…READ MORE

1865-04-09

Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia

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Appomattox Court House

Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE

1865-11-04

Mustered Out - United States Colored Troops 45th Infantry - United States Colored Troops

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