st
17th, 1864, Bayou Macon, Bayou Tensas, July 30th, and August 26th, 1864.
Mustered out March, 1866.
67th Regiment, Colonel Alonzo J. Edgerton.--Organized at Benton
Barracks, Mo., January, 1864, as the 3rd Regiment Missouri Volunteers;
changed to 67th Regiment U. S., March 1864; consolidated with the 65th
Regiment, July 12th, 1865. Battle: Mount Pleasant Landing.
68th Regiment, Major Oliver H. Holcomb.--Organized at Benton Barracks,
Mo., March, 1864, as the 4th Regiment Missouri Volunteers; changed to
68th Regiment U. S., March, 1864. Battles: Tupelo, Spanish Fort, Fort
Blakely. Mustered out February, 1866.
69th Regiment, Captain James T. Watson.--Organized at Pine Bluff,
Duvall's, Bluff, Little Rock, and Helena, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn.,
December, 1864. Organization discontinued September, 1865, and the
commissioned officers and enlisted men transferred to the 63d and 64th
Regiments.
70th Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Morris Yeomans.--Organized in part,
April, 1864, at Natchez, Miss.; completed November, 1864, by the
consolidation of the 71st Regiment. Mustered out March, 1866.
71st Regiment, Colonel Willard C. Earle.--Organized at Black River
Bridge and Natchez, Miss., and Alexandria, La., March, 1864;
consolidated with the 70th Regiment November, 1864.
72d Regiment, Colonel Alexander Duncan.--Organized at Covington, Ky.,
April, 1865; discontinued May, 1865; commissioned officers ordered
before a board for examination, and enlisted men transferred to other
regiments.
73d Regiment, Colonel Samuel M. Quincy.--Organized at New Orleans, La.,
September, 1862, as the 1st Native Guard Volunteers; changed to 1st
Regiment _Corps d'Afrique_, and to 73d Regiment U. S., April, 1864;
consolidated with the 96th Regiment U. S., September, 1865. Battles:
Port Hudson, Jackson, Bayou Tunica, Steamer City Belle, Morganzia, Fort
Blakely. Men mustered out at the expiration of time.
74th Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. Hall.--Organized at New Orleans,
La., October, 1862, as the 2d Regiment Louisiana Native Guard
Volunteers; changed to 2d Regiment _Corps d'Afrique_, June, 1863, and to
the 74th Regiment U. S., April, 1864. Battle: East Pascagoula. Mustered
out October, 1865.
75th Regiment, Colonel Henry W. Fuller.--Organized at New Orleans, La.,
November, 1862, as the 3d Regiment Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers;
changed to 3d Regiment _Corps d'Afrique_, June, 1863, and to the 75th
Regiment U. S., April, 1864. Battle
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