The 6th Regiment United States Colored Troops lost 8 officers and 79 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 132 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1863
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July 28 to September 12 | Organized at Camp William Penn, near Philadelphia, Pa. |
October 14 | Moved from Philadelphia to Fort Monroe, Va. then to Yorktown, Va. |
October | Duty at Yorktown attached to United States Forces, Yorktown. Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
December 5-24 | Wild’s Expedition to South Mills and Camden Court House, N. C. |
1864
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January | Attached to 2nd Brigade, United States Forces, Yorktown, Va., 18th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
February 2-6 | Wistar’s Expedition against Richmond |
March 1-4 | Expedition to New Kent Court House in aid of Kilpatrick’s Cavalry |
March 2 | New Kent Court House |
March 4 | Williamsburg |
March 9-12 | Expedition into King and Queen County |
March 17-21 | Expedition into Matthews County |
April | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Hincks’ Colored Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James |
May 4-June 15 | Butler’s operations south of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
May 4 | Capture of City Point |
May-June | Fatigue duty at City Point and building Fort Converse on Appomattox River |
May 20 | Attack on Fort Converse |
June 15-18 | Before Petersburg |
June 15 | Bailor’s Farm |
June 15 to December 17 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps |
June-August | In trenches before Petersburg and fatigue duty at Dutch Gap Canal |
August 27 | Moved to Deep Bottom. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps |
September 29-30 | Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
September 29 | Fort Harrison |
October 27-28 | Battle of Fair Oaks |
November | In trenches before Richmond |
December 7-27 | 1st Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, then 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps |
1865
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January 7-15 | 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. |
January 13-15 | Bombardment of Fort Fisher |
January 15 | Assault and capture of Fort Fisher |
January 19 | Sugar Loaf Hill |
February 11 | Sugar Loaf Battery |
February 18-20 | Fort Anderson |
February 22 | Northeast Ferry and Capture of Wilmington |
March 1-April 26 | Campaign of the Carolinas. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
March 6-21 | Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro |
March 21 | Occupation of Goldsboro |
March 23-24 | Cox’s Bridge |
April 9-14 | Advance on Raleigh |
April 14 | Occupation of Raleigh |
April 26 | Bennett’s House. Surrender of Johnston and his army. |
May-September | Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina |
September 20 | Mustered out |