United States Colored Troops

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Colored_Troops

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit Union Army formation
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Bureau_of_Colored_Troops gptkb:United_States_War_Department
gptkbp:awarded	16 Medals of Honor
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:National_Museum_of_African_American_History_and_Culture gptkb:African_American_Civil_War_Memorial
gptkbp:composedOf	African American soldiers Hispanic soldiers Native American soldiers
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1867
gptkbp:established	1863
gptkbp:foughtIn	gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign gptkb:Battle_of_Honey_Hill gptkb:Battle_of_Nashville gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Wagner gptkb:Battle_of_Chaffin's_Farm gptkb:Battle_of_New_Market_Heights gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkbp:garrison	various locations in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Colored Troops
gptkbp:languageOfName	English
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Edward_A._Wild gptkb:James_S._Brisbin gptkb:Benjamin_F._Butler
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Powhatan_Beaty gptkb:Christian_Fleetwood gptkb:James_H._Harris gptkb:James_Monroe_Trotter gptkb:Martin_Delany gptkb:Milton_M._Holland gptkb:Robert_Pinn gptkb:Samuel_Cabble gptkb:William_Harvey_Carney gptkb:Alexander_Thomas_Augusta
gptkbp:numberOfBattalions	over 175
gptkbp:numberOfTroops	over 178,000
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau gptkb:54th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment gptkb:Buffalo_Soldiers African Americans in the Civil War
gptkbp:significance	helped end slavery major contribution to Union victory
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4