4th United States Colored Cavalry 1st Cavalry, Corps d'Afrique | |
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Active | Sep. 12, 1863 – Mar. 20, 1866 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Cavalry |
Type | Regiment |
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Commanders | |
Colonel | James Grant Wilson |
Lieutenant colonel | Julius Alexander Nathaniel Mitchell |
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The 4th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment was an African American cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment mustered in as the 1st Cavalry (Corps d'Afrique) at New Orleans on September 12, 1863 and was stationed for the entirety of its existence at various bases throughout Louisiana, mustering out at New Orleans on March 20, 1866.