2nd_United_States_Colored_Infantry_Regiment
2nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment
Military unit
The 2nd United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.
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