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17th United States Colored Infantry Regiment information


17th United States Colored Infantry
ActiveDecember 12, 1863 - April 25, 1866
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Nashville

The 17th United States Colored Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.[1]

  1. ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1726.

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