Organized at Benton Barracks, Mo., December 7-14, 1863. Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., to January, 1864. Ordered to Port Hudson, La. Designation changed to 62nd Regiment United States Colored Troops March 11, 1864 (which see).
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1322
