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The USCT suffered 2,751 combat casualties during the war, and 68,178 losses from all causes. Disease caused the most fatalities for all troops, both black and white. [ 10 ] In the last year-and-a-half and from all reported casualties, approximately 20% of all African Americans enrolled in the military died. [ 11 ]
From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress On July 17, 1862, the U.S. Congress passed two statutes allowing for the enlistment of "colored" troops (African Americans) [ 9 ] but official enrollment occurred only after the effective date of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
The 23rd 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.
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Hill, Isaac J. A Sketch of the 29th Regiment of Connecticut Colored Troops (Baltimore: Printed by Daughtery, Maguire), 1867. McCain, Diana Ross. Connecticut's African American Soldiers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Commission), 2000.
Albert seems to have been the driving force behind the brothers' Civil War images. He and his friend Emanuel Leutze obtained passes in October 1861 from Gen. Winfield Scott to travel, photograph and sketch along the Potomac River outside of Washington, D.C. They took 19 stereoview photographs of war-time Washington, D.C., and its nearby defenses.
Killed & mortally wounded: 89; Otherwise wounded: 218; Captured: 56; Total casualties: 363. Five color bearers were killed and all the color guard killed or wounded." [1] Colonel Morrow was wounded while holding the regimental flag. "Just before reaching the fence, Col. Morrow was wounded in the head while bearing the colors.