4th United States Colored Infantry Regiment | |
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![]() Company E, 4th US Colored Troops, Fort Lincoln, 11-17-1865. Library of Congress link at [1] | |
Active | July 15, 1863 – May 4, 1866 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Part of | 2nd Brigade, XVIII Corps (1863 – April 1864) 2nd Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, XVIII Corps (April 1864 – June 1864) |
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.