U.S. Colored Troops 100th Infantry Regiment


bullet imageHISTORICAL NOTES:
The 100th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops was organized in Kentucky May 3 to June 1, 1864. It was attached to the defense of the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. If participated in battles at Johnsonville, and Nashville, then returned to guard duty of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad. bullet imageOFFICERS:
  • Musson, Reuben D. ~ Rank in Colonel. Rank out Colonel/Brevet Brigadier General.
  • Stone, Henry ~ Rank in Lieutenant Colonel. Rank out Lieutenant Colonel.
  • Atwood, Julius M ~ Rank in Quartermaster Sergeant. Rank out Quartermaster Sergeant.
  • Dillenbach, Frank Cook ~ Rank in First Lieutenant/Adjutant. Rank out First Lieutenant/Adjutant.
  • Miler, Levi B. ~ Rank in Chaplain. Rank out Chaplain.
  • Elliott, Justin C. ~ Rank in Surgeon. Rank out Surgeon.
  • Ware, Edward H. ~ Rank in Assistant Surgeon. Rank out Assistant Surgeon.
  • West, Edward M. ~ Rank in Assistant Surgeon. Rank out Assistant Surgeon.
  • Kaepestion, Gustav W. ~ Rank in First Lieutenant/Regimental Quartermaster. Rank out First Lieutenant/Regimental Quartermaster.
  • Lescher, Samuel B ~ Rank in Assistant Surgeon. Rank out Assistant Surgeon.
    • bullet imageASSIGNMENTS:
  • Attached to Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864.
  • 2nd Colored Brigade, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865.
  • Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865.
  • Defenses of Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1865.
    • bullet imageSERVICE:
  • Guard duty on Nashville and Northwestern Railroad in Tennessee till December, 1864.
  • Skirmish on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad September 4.
  • Action at Johnsonville November 4-5.
  • Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Overton Hill December 16.
  • Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28.
  • Again assigned to guard duty on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad January 16, 1865, and so continued till December, 1865.
    • bullet imageROSTERS:
  • Company A - Owensboro, Daviess County and Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
  • Company B - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
  • Company C - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
  • Company D - Owensboro, Daviess County and Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
  • Company E - Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
  • Company F - Greenupsburg, Greenup County and Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.
  • Company G - Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.
  • Company H - Greenupsburg, Greenup County, Kentucky.
  • Company I - Greenupsburg, Greenup County, Kentucky.
  • Company K - Greenupsburg, Greenup County, Kentucky.
    • bullet imageBIBLIOGRAPHY:
  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2003.
  • Rigdon, John C. US Colored Troops Civil War Soldiers Index. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.

    • REFERENCES:
    Dyer, Frederick H. - A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
    The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1






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