Unit Name: | 11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (African Descent) |
Dates: | May 23 of 1863 – March 11, 1864 March 11, 1864 – March 27, 1866 |
Country: | United States |
Allegiance: | Union |
Branch: | Infantry |
Size: | Regiment |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Disbanded: | March 27, 1866 |
Commander1: | Edwin W. Chamberlain |
Commander1 Label: | Colonel |
Commander2: | Van Eps Young |
Commander2 Label: | Colonel |
The 49th United States Colored Infantry, first established as the 11th Louisiana Infantry (African descent) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1] [2]
The unit was organized at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana on May 23 of 1863 and fought in the Battle of Milliken's Bend on June 7. Along with the Mississippi 1st and 3rd and the Louisiana 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th Regiment Infantry (African Descent) they were attached to the African Brigade, District of Northeast Louisiana, until July 1863. They were posted at Goodrich's Landing until January 1864 and at Vicksburg, Mississippi between January and March 1864. An expedition to Waterproof, Louisiana was undertaken from January to February 1864.
The designation of the regiment was changed to the 49th Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops on March 11, 1864.[3] The regiment served on garrison duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi and mustered out March 27, 1866.