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=== Brief History === | === Brief History === | ||
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, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref> | 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, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ 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 digital version.]</ref> | ||
For more information see, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unriarty.htm Civil War Archive]. | For more information see, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unriarty.htm Civil War Archive]. | ||
=== Other Sources === | === Other Sources === | ||