{"id":470,"date":"2010-04-28T11:01:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/grandreview\/?p=470"},"modified":"2010-04-28T13:13:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:13:22","slug":"25th-usct-regiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/grandreview\/2010\/04\/28\/25th-usct-regiment\/","title":{"rendered":"25th USCT Regiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After being organized in January 1864, the 25th USCT Regiment was deployed to Texas, although it never reached its intended destination. \u00a0The steamer that carried the regiment was caught in a storm and sprung a leak, and the men barely kept her afloat long enough to dock safely in the North Carolina harbor. \u00a0The regiment arrived in New Orleans in May 1864 just as the Confederates were gaining the upper hand in the Red River Campaign; therefore, instead of continuing on to Texas, the regiment was sent to Florida for garrison duty. \u00a0In January 1865, the government ordered the 25th USCT Regiment into active duty as part of an effort to organize a division composed entirely of African-American troops. \u00a0However, the regiment was deemed too inexperienced to take part in any active field operations, and its numbers dwindled as a result of an outbreak of scurvy due to poor nutrition.<\/p>\n

Colonel Frederick L. Hitchcock said of the 25th USCT Regiment: \u00a0“I desire to bear testimony to the esprit du corps and general efficiency of the organization as a regiment, to the competency and general good character of its officers, to the soldierly bearing, fidelity to duty, and patriotism of its men. \u00a0Having seen active service in the Army of the Potomac prior to my connection with the Twenty-fifth, I can speak with some degree of assurance. \u00a0After a proper time had been devoted to its drill, I never for a moment doubted what would be its conduct under fire. \u00a0It would have done its full duty beyond question. \u00a0An opportunity to prove this the Government never afforded and the men always felt this a grievance.”<\/p>\n

You can read the full summary of the 25th USCT Regiment\u2019s actions during the Civil War as well as see the complete muster roll here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Courtesy of Google Books<\/a><\/em> \u2013 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5<\/em> (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, 1871), 5: 1026-1046.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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