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DescriptionCompany E of the 4th United States “Colored" Infantry Regiment, at Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C. c. 1864. (50133595056).jpg
The 4th United States "Colored" Infantry Regiment was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. A part of the United States "Colored Troops", the regiment saw action in Virginia and North Carolina, taking part in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, the capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, North Carolina, and the Carolinas Campaign.
Photograph taken by William Morris Smith and provided by Library of Congress.
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