1st U. S. Colored Troops

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1st_U._S._Colored_Troops

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1st_United_States_Colored_Troops
gptkbp:active_years	1863-1866
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:award
gptkbp:casualties	Over 200 killed in action
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Colonel_James_E._G._Mc_Millan
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1866
gptkbp:disbandment_date	1866-01-01
gptkbp:engagements	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Crater gptkb:Battle_of_Totopotomoy_Creek gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg gptkb:Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House gptkb:Battle_of_Chaffin's_Farm gptkb:Battle_of_Deep_Bottom gptkb:Battle_of_Fair_Oaks gptkb:Battle_of_New_Market_Heights gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg gptkb:Battle_of_North_Anna gptkb:Battle_of_Olustee gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Gilmer gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Harrison gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Wagner gptkb:Battle_of_Bermuda_Hundred Battle of Appomattox.
gptkbp:formation_date	1863-01-01
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:has_ability	Approximately 1,000 men
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Beaufort,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:historical_significance	gptkb:First_African_American_regiment_raised_in_the_North
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1st U. S. Colored Troops
gptkbp:motto	“ The First to Fight”
gptkbp:nickname	“ The First”
gptkbp:notable_battle	Regimental flag
gptkbp:notable_members	Sgt. Major Edward A. Jones
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:recruitment	gptkb:Pennsylvania gptkb:battle
gptkbp:service_branch	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:size	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:military_unit