135th USCT Re-Enactment in Goldsboro, N.C. This Weekend-- Part 3

Saturday there will be a symposium with several scholars speaking about the USCT from 9 to 3 p.m..

The 135th USCT

Many of the USCT regiments were made up of black men from the same county or area of a state.  There were 1,154 men in the 135th USCT from the states of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.   Some of them from North Carolina came from Laurinburg, Maxton, Red Springs, Lumberton.  There were also some from Bennettsville, South Carolina.

They joined Sherman after his March to the Sea and were on the March Through the Carolinas.  They were mustered into Union service along the way.  I came across enlistment records which showed many mustered in at Goldsboro, N.C., which made it a good place to have the re-enactment.

--Old Secesh