(MILITARY) [CALIFF JOSEPH MARK] Record of the Services of th

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(MILITARY.) [CALIFF, JOSEPH MARK.] Record of the Services of the 7th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. From 1863-1866. By an Officer of the Regiment. Photographic frontispiece of the author. 138 pp. Tall 8vo, original printed gray wrappers; some discoloration to the covers with a small chip to the head of the spine. Providence, R.I.: E. L. Freeman, 1878

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The Seventh Regiment of Colored Troops was raised in Maryland in September of 1863. They saw action in Florida in the early Spring and were later moved to South Carolina. They again saw serious action as part of the Army of the Potomac at Bermuda Hundred. The Seventh Regiment was specifically cited by General Birney for their exemplary discipline and bearing.