#4th regiment

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[marinesfromaroundtheworld]

Colors of the 4th Marines.

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This photo screams out for a “Caption This” contest.

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I’d have the same look on my face if my balls were roped that tightly

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"The 4th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops"

Organized at Baltimore to serve for three years. Company E, pictured above in 1865, was composed largely of men from Frederick and Carroll counties."

In September 1864, the 4th regiment proceeded to Deep Bottom where it formed a part of the army of the James who were directed to operate against Fort Harrison, which it eventually captured by a gallant dash; this movement was regarded by Gen. Grant as of the greatest importance and all of the troops participating in it, received the highest commendation from the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States.

source: Robert Cotton and Mary Ellen Hayward, Maryland in the Civil War: A House Divided (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1994), 81.