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The 3rd Missouri Colored Infantry Regiment was an
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that served in the Union Army during the
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. It was redesignated as the 67th U.S. Colored Troops Regiment on March 11, 1864.


Service

The 3rd Missouri Colored Infantry Regiment was organized at Benton Barracks, in
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, in the winter of 1863–1864. Designation changed to 67th Regiment United States Colored Troops March 11, 1864. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to March 1864. District of Port Hudson,
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, Dept. of the Gulf, to June 1864. Provisional Brigade, District of Morganza, Dept. of the Gulf, to September 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of Morganza, Dept. of the Gulf, to February 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of Morganza, Dept. of the Gulf, to May 1865. Northern District of Louisiana, Dept. of the Gulf, to July 1865.


Detailed Service

Moved from Benton Barracks, Missouri, to Port Hudson,
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, arriving March 19, 1864, and duty there till June. Moved to Morganza, Louisiana, and duty there till June 1865. Action at Mt. Pleasant Landing, Louisiana, May 15, 1864 (Detachment). Expedition from Morganza to Bayou Sara September 6–7, 1864. Moved to Port Hudson June 1, 1865. Consolidated with 65th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, July 12, 1865.


Commanders

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Other soldiers

* Spottswood Rice - private in Company A


See also

* List of Missouri Civil War Units *
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2nd Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry The 2nd Missouri Colored Infantry Regiment was an African-American infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Redesignated as the 65th U.S. Colored Troops Regiment on March 11, 1864. Service It was attached to ...
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4th Missouri Regiment of Colored Infantry The 4th Missouri Colored Infantry Regiment was an African-American infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Redesignated as the 68th U.S. Colored Troops Regiment on March 11, 1864. Service The 4th Missouri C ...
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18th U.S. Colored Infantry The 18th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an African-American infantry regiment, raised in the state of Missouri, which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service Organized in Missouri at large February 1 to Septemb ...
- Raised "at large" in the State of Missouri *
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Notes


References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. *
The Civil War Archive
*Web site discussing the organization of Missouri "Colored Infantry", including discussions of conditions at Benton Barracks during the winter of 1863–1864. *http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/ct.htm Units and formations of the Union army from Missouri Missouri Infantry, 003 Military units and formations established in 1863 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 1863 establishments in Missouri {{AmericanCivilWar-unit-stub