28th Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops, Indiana in the Civil War
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Muirwoody
N 39° 45.433 W 086° 08.696
16S E 573246 N 4401160
Indiana's only Black Civil War Regiment during the Civil War
Waymark Code: WMGQQ
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2006
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This marker commemorates the 28th regiment of the USCT during the Civil War. They trained near here on land donated by Calvin Fletcher. Half of its men were killed in the Battle of The Crater at Petersburg, Virgina on July 30, 1864. The survivors served until January, 1866.
County: Marion
Year Placed: 2004
Name: 28th Regiment USCT
ID#: 49.2004.5
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