Rhode Island Civil War Union Colored Troops

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 * 14th Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent) Organized at Providence August 28, 1863, to January 25 1864. Mustered out June 26, 1865. Designated 8th Regiment United States Colored Artillery (Heavy), then 11th Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Heavy).

Reference
Adjutant General's Report (Providence, Rhode Island: Adjutant General, 1866) Roster of the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (later 8th and 11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery) .FHL Film

Amann, William Frayne. Personnel of the Civil War. Volume 2: The Union Armies. New York., NY C 1964 WorldCat