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Lucius Betts

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Lucius Betts

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
2 Jan 1912 (aged 64–65)
Burial
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 6, Grave 6122
Memorial ID
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CPL - Served in Co E, 64h US Colored Troops Infantry. Enlisted; Feb. 28, 1865. Mustered out; Mar. 13, 1866.
Note: Reference is made to the 69th Regiment but it failed to complete and the soldiers were transferred to the 64th and 65th U S Colored Troops.
He is also listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC, on plaque C-74.

The 64th Regiment Infantry was organized March 11, 1864, from 7th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent). Attached to 1st Division, Unassigned, United States Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to May, 1864. District of Natchez, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to September, 1864. Davis' Bend, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to December, 1864. Unattached, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to February, 1865. Post of Vicksburg and Dept. of Mississippi, to March, 1866.

SERVICE.--Post and garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss., until May, 1864. Actions at Ashwood Landing, La., May 1 and 4. Post and garrison duty at Davis' Bend and Natchez, Miss., until February, 1865. Action at Davis' Bend June 2, 1864. Point Pleasant June 25. Davis' Bend June 29. (Pine Bluff, Ark., July 2, 1864. Helena, Ark., August 2, 1864, as a Detachment.) Duty at Vicksburg, Miss., until April, 1865. At Davis' Bend and in the Dept. of Mississippi until March, 1866. Mustered out March 13, 1866.

Contributed by Tonia Holleman.
CPL - Served in Co E, 64h US Colored Troops Infantry. Enlisted; Feb. 28, 1865. Mustered out; Mar. 13, 1866.
Note: Reference is made to the 69th Regiment but it failed to complete and the soldiers were transferred to the 64th and 65th U S Colored Troops.
He is also listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC, on plaque C-74.

The 64th Regiment Infantry was organized March 11, 1864, from 7th Louisiana Infantry (African Descent). Attached to 1st Division, Unassigned, United States Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to May, 1864. District of Natchez, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to September, 1864. Davis' Bend, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss., to December, 1864. Unattached, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to February, 1865. Post of Vicksburg and Dept. of Mississippi, to March, 1866.

SERVICE.--Post and garrison duty at Vicksburg, Miss., until May, 1864. Actions at Ashwood Landing, La., May 1 and 4. Post and garrison duty at Davis' Bend and Natchez, Miss., until February, 1865. Action at Davis' Bend June 2, 1864. Point Pleasant June 25. Davis' Bend June 29. (Pine Bluff, Ark., July 2, 1864. Helena, Ark., August 2, 1864, as a Detachment.) Duty at Vicksburg, Miss., until April, 1865. At Davis' Bend and in the Dept. of Mississippi until March, 1866. Mustered out March 13, 1866.

Contributed by Tonia Holleman.

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