There were the Third Alabama and Sixth Virginia Infantry; Eighth Illinois Infantry; Companies A and B Indiana Infantry; Thirty-third Kansas Infantry, and a battalion of the Ninth Ohio Infantry.

The Eighth Illinois was officered by colored men throughout.

J.R.Marshall its first colonel commanded the regiment during the Spanish-American war and did garrison duty in Santiago province for some time after the war; being for a while military governor of San Luis.
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Russell of North Carolina, called out a Negro regiment, the Third Infantry, officered by colored men throughout.

Colonel Charles Young commanding.