Originally 1st Regiment, Ullman's Brigade, U. S. Volunteers, March 11, 1863; organized at Port Hudson, La., September 4, 1863, as the 6th Infantry, Corps d'Afrique; designated this regiment, April 4, 1864; the 98th Colored Infantry consolidated with it, August 1, 1865
Mustered out: January 6, 1866