28th Regiment United States Colored Troops - Service

Service

  • Organized December 24, 1863
  • Battle of the Crater at the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, on July 30, 1864
  • Moved to the Mexican border in Texas as part of the American response to the French intervention in Mexico
  • Mustered out on November 8, 1865

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