ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH (135TH) INFANTRY REGIMENTUnited States Colored Troops, March 28th to October 23rd, 1865
The following historical information is about the service of both the regiment, and the men, of the One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth (135th) Infantry Regiment, United States Colored Troops, which served in the American Civil War from March 28th to October 23rd, 1865. If you have any corrections, suggestions, or additional information, photographs, artifacts, etc., that you wish to contribute, feel free to submit the information to the Webmaster.
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| Regimental Field & Staff |
| Company A |
Company F |
| Company B |
Company G |
| Company C |
Company H |
| Company D |
Company I |
| Company E |
Company K |
ASSIGNMENTS
March 1st to May 1865 - Unattached, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee
June to October 1865 - Department of Kentucky
March 1st to 28th, 1865: The Regiment is organized with Colored Volunteers from Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, who had followed Major General William T. Sherman's Army in its March to the Sea and Carolina Campaign.
March 28th, 1865: The Regiment is mustered into service as the One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth (135th) Infantry Regiment, United States Colored Troops, at Page Station near Goldsboro, North Carolina.
March to April 1865: Served in the Carolina's Campaign (North Carolina).
April 1865: On duty along the Neuse and New River's in North Carolina.
May 27th, 1865: The regiment arrives with the army at Washington, D.C., going into camp near Fort Kearney.
June 1865: The regiment moves to Louisville, Kentucky.
June to July 1865: The regiment is on duty at Louisville, Kentucky.
August 1865: Companies E and I are detached and assigned to duty at the Jeferson General Hospital at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
September 1865: The Regimental Headquarters and Companies C & K are at Louisville, Company A at Bardstown, Company B at Lebanon, Company D at Mumfordsville, Companies F & H at Colesburg, Company G at Shepardsville, Kentucky, and Companies E & I at the Jefferson General Hospital at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
October 23rd, 1865: The regiment is mustered out of United States service at Louisville, Kentucky.
Published Books & Documents
Pages 36, 253 & 1740, "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion." Frederick H. Dyer, The Dyer Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1908.
Volume I, "Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903." Francis B. Heitman, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1903.
Page 309, Part VIII, "Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United Sates Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65." Adjutant Generals Office; Government Printing Office; Washington, D.C.; 1867.
Documents, Papers, & Non-Published Materials
Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations - Roll 217 (U.S. Colored Troops. One Hundred Nineteenth Infantry through Quartermaster Detachment, Infantry). National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microscopy No. 594, National Archives & Records Service, Washington, D.C.; 1964.
Pension applications for service in the US Army between 1861 and 1900, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served. (NARA T289) National Archives & Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
PHOTOGRAPHS, IMAGES & ARTIFACTS
United States Army Heritage Education Center. Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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