Charles Bridges/80th U.S. Colored Volunteers Civil War records, 1864-1865.

United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865)

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During the Civil War, the U.S. Army created the Department of the Gulf and the Army of the Gulf following the capture of New Orleans, Louisiana, by Admiral David G. Farragut in 1862. Major General Benjamin F. Butler took command of the Union occupation forces as well as the Department of the Gulf. The soldiers in the new department were then designated as the Army of the Gulf. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks succeeded Butler on December 17, 1862. Under Banks, the army fought its first ...

United States. Army

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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...

Bridges, Charles, approximately 1838-

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Acting quartermaster, 80th U.S. Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Bonnet Carre (also known as La Place), La., between 1864-1865. The regiment served in Louisiana and Texas, Dept. of the Gulf, and was mustered in April 4, 1864 at Port Hudson, La.; and out in Texas in 1867. Bridges, of Castine, Me., also served with 2nd Maine Regiment and the Maine Militia. From the description of Charles Bridges/80th U.S. Colored Volunteers Civil War records, 1864-1865. (Maine Historical Society Li...

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 80th (1864-1867)

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