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| | The 14th Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent) was organized at Providence August 28, 1863, to January 25, 1864. It was mustered out at New Orleans October 2, 1865. For more information see, "[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unriarty.htm www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unriarty.htm]". |
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| The 14th Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent) was organized at Providence August 28, 1863, to January 25, 1864. It was mustered out at New Orleans October 2, 1865.<ref>National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref> Many of the men were from Newport County.<ref>Richard M. Bayles, ''History of Newport County, Rhode Island'', (New York, New York : L.E. Preston, 1888), p. 428. [http://archive.org/stream/historyofnewport00bayl#page/428/mode/2up Internet Archive]</ref>
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| | [http://www.archive.org/details/remtwoyears00adderich Addeman, Joshua Melancthon - Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops] |
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| [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unriarty.htm Civil War Archive] section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unriarty.htm#14thhvy 14th Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent]).
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| === Regimental History and Roster ===
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| *The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, by William H Chenery, New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969, '''''Online at:'''''[https://archive.org/details/fourteenthregime00chen_0/page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive]
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| === Other Sources ===
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| *[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Mississippi in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br>
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| *National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br>
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| *[[Rhode Island in the Civil War|Rhode Island in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Mississippi, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
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| *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br>
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| [http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=arccwunits&id=77613&v=article Maine State Archives] holds official items from the Civil War in their Archives. | |
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| ====Books and Films====
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| *''The Fourteenth regiment Rhode Island heavy artillery (colored) in the war to Preserve the Union.'' By William H. Chenery. Online at [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Fourteenth_Regiment_Rhode_Island_Hea.html?id=ENXpRzPNq1sC Google Books], [https://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030915841 Internet Archive]
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| *[https://www.archive.org/details/remtwoyears00adderich Addeman, Joshua Melancthon - Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops]
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| *Addeman, Joshua M. (Joshua Melancthon). ''Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops.'' (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), {{FSC|787712|item|disp=FS Library Fiche 6083322}}
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| *Chenery, William H. ''The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (colored) in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865.'' (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), {{FSC|787746|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6083323}}and ''Reminiscences of the Burnside expedition.'' {{FSC|787709|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6083321}}
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| ====Internet sites====
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Rhode_Island_Heavy_Artillery_(Colored) Wikipedia] article on the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored).
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| *[http://www.14thri.org/the_14th_ri.htm The 14th Rhode Island Re-enactor Program]
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| *[http://www.hartford-hwp.com/HBHP/exhibit/05/ Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: Military and Political Participation,] Hartford Black History Project.
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| *[http://lestweforget.hamptonu.edu/page.cfm?uuid=9FEC3F4B-D343-50E2-F4AF2923E3794C5D All Men are Brothers], Tom Brooks.<br>
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| *[http://eblackcu.net/portal/archive/files/black_soldiers_civil_war_7b9dd8b38d.pdf Black Soldiers in the Civil War]
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| The Rhode Island 11th United States Colored Heavy Artillery had originally been raised and organized as the 14th Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
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| *[http://files.usgwarchives.net/ri/statewide/military/civilwar/rosters/u14thregi3gmt.txt usgwarchives.net]- Rhode Island Archives Military Records. rosters of 14th Regiment RI Heavy Artillery
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| === References ===
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| [[Category:Rhode Island - Military - Civil War, 1861-1865]]
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