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The 2nd Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment (African Descent) was an
infantry regiment Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...
that served in the Union Army between November 20, 1863, and June 25, 1864, during the
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
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Service

The infantry regiment was organized at
Pulaski, Tennessee Pulaski is a city in and the county seat of Giles County, which is located on the central-southern border of Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,397 at the 2020 census. It was named after Casimir Pulaski, a noted Polish-born general o ...
, on November 20, 1863. From there it was attached to the 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, Department of Tennessee. In the meantime, it was on garrison duty at Pulaski and
Athens, Alabama Athens is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 25,406. Hist ...
, which included acting as guard for railroads into Northern Alabama until June 25, 1864. On June 25, 1864, the regiment was designated the 110th U.S. Regiment Colored Troops.Dyer (1959), Volume 3 p. 997.


See also

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List of Alabama Union Civil War regiments This is a list of units from the State of Alabama that fought in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865): See also * List of American Civil War units by state * Alabama Civil War Confederate Units * Alabama in the Americ ...
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List of United States Colored Troops Civil War units Infantry *1st United States Colored Infantry, 1st Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops *2nd United States Colored Infantry, 2nd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops *3rd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops *4th United States Colored I ...


References


Bibliography

* Dyer, Frederick H. (1959). ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion''. Sagamore Press Inc. Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, New York, New York. {{LCCN, 5912963. United States Colored Troops Civil War units and formations Military units and formations established in 1863 1863 establishments in Tennessee Military units and formations disestablished in 1864