Colored Troops of
Kentucky
(Place of
Organization and Dates)
5th U. S. Colored Cavalry (Camp Nelson - October 24, 1864)
6th U. S. Colored Cavalry (Camp Nelson - October 24, 1864)
8th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (Paducah - April 26, 1864)
12th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (Camp Nelson - July 15, 1864)
13th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery (Camp Nelson - June 23, 1864)
72nd U. S. Colored Infantry (Covington - April 18, 1865)
100th U. S. Colored Infantry (Kentucky at large - May 3 - June 1, 1864)
107th U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - May 3 - September 15, 1864)
108th U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - June 20, 1864)
109th U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - July 5, 1864)
114th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - July 4, 1864)
115th U. S. Colored Infantry (Bowling Green - July 15 to October 21, 1864)
116th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - June 6 to July 12, 1864)
117th U. S. Colored Infantry (Covington - July 18 to September 27, 1864)
119th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - January 18 to May 16, 1865)
120th U. S. Colored Infantry (Henderson - November, 1864)
121st U. S. Colored Infantry (Maysville - October 8, 1864)
122nd U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - December 31, 1864)
123rd U. S. Colored Infantry (Louisville - December 2, 1864)
124th U. S. Colored Infantry (Camp Nelson - January 1 to April 27, 1865)
125th U. S. Colored
Infantry (Louisville - February 12 to June 2, 1865)
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Gladstone, William A. MEN OF COLOR. Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1993.
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Wilson, Joseph T.
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Military History of Kentucky's Colored Troops