Advertisement

Toney Anthony

Advertisement

Toney Anthony Veteran

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
15 Nov 1908 (aged 62–63)
Burial
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.7234526, Longitude: -92.2560877
Plot
Sect. 6, Grave 6089
Memorial ID
View Source
Served as a Musician with Co. I, 57th US Colored Troops Infantry. Enlisted; Dec. 12, 1863. Mustered out; Dec. 13, 1866.
He is also listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC, on plaque No. C-68.

The 57th Regiment Infantry was organized March 11, 1864, from 4th Arkansas Infantry (African Descent). Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, to January, 1865. Colored Brigade, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to December, 1866.

SERVICE.--Garrison duty at Helena and Little Rock, Ark., until August, 1864. (A detachment on Steele's Camden Expedition March 23-May 3, 1864, as bridge train guard.) Skirmish near Little Rock April 26, 1864. Operations against Shelby north of Arkansas River May 13-31. Skirmishes near Little Rock May 24 and 28. March to Brownsville, Ark., August 23, and to Duvall's Bluff August 29. Duty there and at Little Rock until June, 1865; then at various points in the Dept. of Arkansas guarding property and on post duty until December, 1866. Companies "A" and "D" mustered out October 18-19, 1866. Regiment mustered out December 31, 1866.

Angela Walton-Raji and Tonia Holleman contributed the USCT.
Served as a Musician with Co. I, 57th US Colored Troops Infantry. Enlisted; Dec. 12, 1863. Mustered out; Dec. 13, 1866.
He is also listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC, on plaque No. C-68.

The 57th Regiment Infantry was organized March 11, 1864, from 4th Arkansas Infantry (African Descent). Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, 7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, to January, 1865. Colored Brigade, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Arkansas to December, 1866.

SERVICE.--Garrison duty at Helena and Little Rock, Ark., until August, 1864. (A detachment on Steele's Camden Expedition March 23-May 3, 1864, as bridge train guard.) Skirmish near Little Rock April 26, 1864. Operations against Shelby north of Arkansas River May 13-31. Skirmishes near Little Rock May 24 and 28. March to Brownsville, Ark., August 23, and to Duvall's Bluff August 29. Duty there and at Little Rock until June, 1865; then at various points in the Dept. of Arkansas guarding property and on post duty until December, 1866. Companies "A" and "D" mustered out October 18-19, 1866. Regiment mustered out December 31, 1866.

Angela Walton-Raji and Tonia Holleman contributed the USCT.

Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement