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The 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment (Colored) officially ceased to exist when the designation of the regiment was first changed to 8th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment on April 4, 1864, and later to 11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment on May 21, 1864. The 11th
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the 2nd Battalion moved to New Orleans January 8 - February 3, 1864. Duty in the Defenses of New Orleans at English Turn and at Plaquemine until October 1865. Expedition from Brashear City to Ratliff's Plantation May 14–16, 1865 (detachment). Action at Indian Village, Plaquemine Parish, on August 6,
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As the regiment served in two different locations it never assembled as a whole until after it had been mustered out of service. The regiment's commander, Colonel
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The 3rd Battalion moved to New Orleans, April 3–15, and duty at Camp Parapet until October 1865. The regiment was mustered out of service on October 2, 1865.
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but accepted a reduction in rank to serve with the 14th Rhode Island. After the war he served as the warden of the
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The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865
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United States Colored Heavy Artillery mustered out of service October 2, 1865, at New Orleans, Louisiana.
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1864, in which three soldiers were captured and later executed by insurgent forces.
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The 1st Battalion moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, December 19–30, 1863, then to
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African-American military units and formations of the American Civil War
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in New Orleans. The 2nd Battalion was stationed at English Turn in
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The units of the regiment were originally trained on organized on
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The 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) was organized in
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The de facto commander of the regiment was Lieutenant Colonel
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14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery living history organization
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Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Rhode Island
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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List of United States Colored Troops Civil War units
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14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment (Colored)
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11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment
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11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment
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14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored)
Union
Heavy artillery
Regiment
American Civil War
Lieutenant colonel
African American
artillery
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Providence, Rhode Island
XIII Corps
Department of the Gulf
New Orleans
Dutch Island
Narragansett Bay
Camp Parapet
Plaquemine
Pass Cavallo, Texas
Matagorda Island
Camp Parapet
Port Hudson, Louisiana
J. Hale Sypher
Nelson Viall
2nd Rhode Island Infantry
Rhode Island State Prison
American Civil War portal
Rhode Island portal
List of Rhode Island Civil War units

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