1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment
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The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the first black regiment to be organized in a northern state to see combat during the Civil War. At the Battle of Poison Spring, the regiment lost nearly half its number, and suffered the highest losses of any Kansas regiment during the war.
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1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | August 4, 1862 ā December 13, 1864 |
Disbanded | December 13, 1864 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Equipment | Austrian and Prussian muskets[1] |
Engagements | American Civil War |
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