1st Regiment Colored Infantry / 55th U.S. Colored Troops

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1st Regiment Colored Infantry / 55th U.S. Colored Troops

This regiment was organized at Corinth, Mississippi, May 21, 1863, as the 1st regiment Alabama volunteers, a.d. [African Descent], to serve three years. Its designation was changed to 55th regiment U.S. colored troops March 11, 1864. It was mustered out of service December 31, 1865.

Colonel

N.B. Bartram - 17 November 1865

Lieutenant Colonel

William B. McCord - 4 October 1865

Major

Frank M. Ewing - 12 October 1865

Captains

Henry Simmons - 21 May 1863
Thomas Brown - 22 May 1863
Delos A. Ward - 25 January 1864
Aaron Challacombe - 25 December 1864
Theodore Griffen - 22 July 1865
George A. Gulliver - 25 August 1865

First Lieutenants

Eli Babb - 21 May 1863
Isaac A. Lewis - 25 May 1863
Charles E. Overton - 14 June 1863
Dennis W. Brown - 26 January 1865
Andrew J. Wells - 1 March 1865
Reuben S. Mason - 22 July 1865
Zimri H. Howe, R.Q.M. - 22 July 1865
James M. Miller - 2 August 1865
James P. Ross - 12 october 1865
James D. Springer 16 December 1865

Second Lieutenants

James Vincent - 19 July 1865
William J. McClkuskey - 23 November 1865
James H. Thomas - 27 November 1865
Patrick Henry - 1 December 1865
Mortimer F. Smith - 23 December 1865

Surgeon

Wesley Humphrey - 21 May 1863

Assistant Surgeons

William C. Hall - 5 December 1864
Joseph Kugler - 16 September 1865

Additional Information on the 55th Regiment

Captain Arthur T. Reeve, 7 April 1865 to Major 88th (new) U.S.C.T.
Second Lieutenant Henry M. Austin, 5 November 1864 to Captain 4th U.S. colored heavy artillery
Second Lietenant Elbridge E. Ward, 5 April 1866 to Captian 88th (new) U.S.C.T.

Colonel James M. Irvin, 16 March 1865
Lieutenant Colonel Edgar M. Lowe, 28 February 1865
Captain John M. Magner, 5 September 1865
Captain Tilghman H. McCord, 18 May 1865
Captain Cyrus P. Bailey, 31 May 1865
Captain Henry A. Houston, 9 October 1865
Captain William H. Day, 27 October 1865
Captain Orson A. Crosby, 7 November 1865
First Lieutenant Henry C. Kelly, 19 May 1865
First Lieutenant William F. Myers, 26 May 1865
First Lieutenant Arvin A. Bradford, R.Q.M., 31 May 1865
First Lieutenant Thomas J. Clark, 31 August 1865
First Lieutenant Decatur G. Chapin, 12 September 1865
Second Lieutenant George H. Butler, 2 January 1864
Second Lieutenant Henry Briggs, 26 January 1865
Second Lieutenant Hardin Weatherford, 26 January 1864
Second Lieutenant William Milne, 26 January 1864
Second Lieutenant Alfred R. Babb, 29 May 1865
Second Lieutenant Joseph I. Hotchkiss, 31 May 1865
Second Lieutenant James H. Belrichard, 2 August 1865
Assistant Surgeon John M. Eaton, 7 October 1864
Assistant Surgeon William H. Clutter, 6 July 1865
Chaplain Edward R. Pierce, 9 March 1865

First Lieutenant John M. Butler, 19 December 1865

Second Lieutenant Wilson A. Price, killed in action at Brice Cross Roads, Mississippi, 10 June 1864.
Second Lieutenant William H. Tredway, 30 August 1865, of disease at Vidalia, LA.

Colonel James M. Alexander, 27 April 1864
First Lieutenant George A. Haskins, Adjutant, 27 May 1864

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