HISTORICAL NOTES:
In June 1863 the 4th US Colored Field Artillery (Heavy) located in Columbus, was the first colored unit to organize with men from Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Regiment was organized from the 2nd Tennessee Heavy Artillery (African Descent). Designated 3rd Heavy Artillery March 11, 1864, and 4th Heavy Artillery April 26, 1864.
Skirmish at Fort Donelson, October 11, 1864. A force of Confederate cavalry attacked a USCT recruiting detachment of the 4th USCHA located near Fort Donelson. After a short skirmish, the Confederates were driven off. An officer of the 110th USCI, who was in command, reported that,
“As for the soldiers they behaved nobly. There was not a single instance in which they did not surpass my expectations of them….the One hundred and nineteenth Colored Infantry, Company I who accompanied the expedition, were conspicuous during the entire fight, and did their whole duty.” OR, Ser. I, Vol. 39, pt. I, pp. 857-858.
The regiment was mustered out February 25, 1866.
OFFICERS:ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to District of Columbus, 16th Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to August, 1864. District of Columbus, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to February, 1866.
SERVICE:
Garrison duty at Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., till June, 1865. Union City, Tenn., September 2, 1864. Near Fort Donelson, Tenn., October 11. Moved to Arkansas June, 1865, and duty at Pine Bluff, Ark., till February, 1866.
ROSTERS:
The Rosters of this unit contains the names of 1515 men. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.
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