79th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
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The 79th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops was an all-black unit raised during the Civil War
Civil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state....

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The first raising of the 79th USCT was formed from the 7th Corps de Afrique Infantry Regiment.

The second raising of the 79th USCT was formed from the 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry (Colored)
1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry (Colored)
The 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:...

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