First South Carolina Volunteers (African Descent)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_South_Carolina_Volunteers_(African_Descent)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1862–1866
gptkbp:allegiance Union
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:1st_South_Carolina_Volunteer_Infantry_(African_Descent)
gptkb:33rd_United_States_Colored_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:composition African American soldiers
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1866
gptkbp:formedIn gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Beaufort,_South_Carolina
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First South Carolina Volunteers (African Descent)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Thomas_Wentworth_Higginson
gptkb:James_Montgomery
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Raid_on_Combahee_Ferry
gptkbp:notableFor First federally authorized black regiment in the Union Army during the Civil War
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Robert_Smalls
Harriet Tubman (as scout and nurse)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Colored_Troops
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:33rd_United_States_Colored_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:T._W._Higginson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6