Perry Decatur Covington Diary, 1864-1866 [microform].

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 118th (1864-1866)

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Covington, Perry Decatur, 1842-1916.

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Perry Decatur Covington, a native of Ohio, enlisted in Company B, 88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1862, remaining with this regiment for one year. He was promoted to Captain, Company F, 118th United States Colored Infantry in 1864. He commanded Company F until they were mustered out in 1866. Covington married Sarah McClain in 1866. In 1869 he graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and practiced in Round Head, Ohio, for four years before moving to Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 187...

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...