Sunday, March 19, 2017

44th U.S. Colored Troops at Dalton, Georgia, 1864

https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/121/0175

Also see, Second Battle of Dalton references;

http://musescivilwar.blogspot.com/2017/03/second-battle-of-dalton-august-14-15.html


Lewis Johnson, Cmdg. 1st US Colored Troops (biographical reference)
http://bit.ly/GoogleBooks-MilitaryRec-Lewis-Johnson-1st-USCT

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Later Battles: October 1864

Action at Fort Hill, Whitfield County, Georgia
The action that resulted in the capture of the U. S. 44th Colored Infantry, commanded by US Colonel Lewis Johnson, took place on 13 October 1864 at Fort Hill, (Dalton), Whitfield County, Georgia: https://www.whitfieldcountyga.com/hist/civilwar.htm

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Subject: Battles in Dalton, Georgia ; U.S. Colored Troops

(Battle of Dalton, 13 October 1864)

Report of Lewis Johnson, 44th U.S. Colored Infantry

(Battle of Dalton, October 1864)

Official Records, Series 1, Volume 39, Part 1 (Reports), 717.

"No. 72, Reports of Col. Lewis Johnson, Forty-fourth U.S. Colored Infantry, commanding post of Dalton, Ga."
Chattanooga, Tenn., October 17, 1864.

Report of Lewis Johnson, 44th U.S. Colored Infantry
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154635/m1/733/?q=dalton


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