9th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African Descent)

9th Louisiana Regiment Infantry (African Descent) - 63rd U.S. Colored Troops
Active 18631864
Country United States of America
Allegiance  USA
Branch Union Army, American Civil War
Type Infantry
Engagements Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Milliken's Bend
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Hermann Lieb

The 9th Louisiana Infantry (African descent) was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1][2]

Jack Jackson

During the recruiting, one man who joined the regiment somewhat early and was made sergeant was named Jack Jackson. Jackson was very large and strong willed. At some point, Jackson began accompanying white recruiters who were having trouble convincing field hands to join. Jackson's method was very forceful but very successful.[3] At the battle of Milliken's bend, regimental lieutenant, David Cornwell described the attack, saying that the 23rd Iowa was not behaving courageously, but the three black infantry regiments offered great resistance, especially Jackson, who, "Laid into a group of Texans... smashing in every head he could reach",[4] and that, "Big Jack Jackson passed me like a rocket. With the fury of a tiger he sprang into that gang and crushed everything before him. There was nothing left of Jack's gun except the barrel and he was smashing everything he could reach. On the other side of the levee, they were yelling 'Shoot that big [soldier]!' while Jack was daring the whole gang to come up and fight him. Then a bullet reached his head and he fell full on the levee."[5]

63rd United States Colored Regiment Infantry

The designation of the regiment was changed to the 63rd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops on March 11, 1864.[6] The regiment served in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee and mustered out January 9, 1866.

References

  1. Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories. New York: T. Yoseloff.
  2. United Nations Library (2006). Bibliography Of State Participation In The Civil War, 1861-1866. Martino Publishing. ISBN 1-57898-519-6.
  3. Smith, John David. Black Soldiers in Blue: African American Troops in the Civil War Era. Univ of North Carolina Press, 2002, p108-109
  4. Quinn, Edythe Ann. Freedom Journey: Black Civil War Soldiers and The Hills Community, Westchester County, New York. SUNY Press, 1 Feb 2015
  5. Coates, Ta-Nehisi, Honoring CHM: One War. Three Sides. The Atlantic, April 16, 2010, accessed May 1, 2016 at http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/04/honoring-chm-one-war-three-sides/39024/
  6. "Union Regimental Histories: United States Colored Troops Infantry". The Civil War Archive. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

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Coordinates: 32°26′N 91°06′W / 32.44°N 91.10°W / 32.44; -91.10


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