The 8th Regiment United States Colored Troops lost 4 officers and 115 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 132 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| September 22 – December 4 | Organized at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia, Pa. |
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1864
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| January 16 | Left Philadelphia for Hilton Head, S.C. Attached to Howell’s Brigade, District of Hilton Head, S. C,, Dept. of the South |
| February 5-6 | Expedition from Hilton Head, S.C., to Jacksonville, Fla. Attached to Hawley’s Brigade, Seymour’s Division, District of Florida, Dept. of the South |
| February 7 | Occupation of Jacksonville |
| February 8-20 | Advance into Florida |
| February 8 | Camp Finnegan |
| February 20 | Battle of Olustee |
| March-April | Retreat to Jacksonville and duty there |
| April 17 | Moved to St. John’s Bluff. Attached to District of Florida, Dept. of the South |
| July 23-28 | Raid on Baldwin |
| August 4-12 | Moved to Deep Bottom, Va. and attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| August 12 | Action at Deep Bottom |
| August-September | Duty at Deep Bottom and in trenches before Petersburg |
| September 28-30 | Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| September 29 | Fort Harrison |
| October 13 | Darbytown Road |
| October 27-28 | Battle of Fair Oaks |
| November-March | In trenches before Richmond |
| December | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps |
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1865
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| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-31 | Hatcher’s Run |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 | Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 11 | Moved to Petersburg. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps |
| May 24 | Sailed from City Point for Texas. , Attached to Department of Texas |
| June-November | Duty at Ringgold Barracks and on the Rio Grande, Texas |
| November 10 | Mustered out |
| November 10-December 3 | Moved to Philadelphia, Pa. |
| December 12 | Discharged |