United States Colored Troops 45th Infantry (Union)
7/1/64
Organized - United States Colored Troops 45th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
9/20/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
10/13/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Ulysses Doubleday
ColonelUlysses Doubleday
10/13/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William Birney
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Birney
10/13/64
Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia
10/27/64
Battle - Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road - Henrico County, Virginia
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fair_Oaks_%26_Darbytown_RoadREAD MORE
2/5/65
Battle - Hatcher's Run - Dinwiddie County, Virginia
By February 1865, the stalemate around Petersburg had entered its eighth month. Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant began to stretch the Union battle lines to the west in an attempt to get Gen. Robert E. Lee's under strength army to do the same. On February 5th, Union Brig. Gen. David Gregg's cavalry division rode out to the Boydton Plank Road via Reams Station and Dinwiddie Court House in an attempt to intercept Confederate supply trains. Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren with the Fifth Corps crossed Hatcher's Run…READ MORE
4/9/65
Battle - Appomattox Court House - Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Between 26,000 and 28,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered and were paroled.READ MORE
11/4/65
Mustered Out - United States Colored Troops 45th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
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