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Submitted: 12/1/12 • Approved: 12/2/12 • Last Updated: 12/5/12 • R789875-G0-S3
FIRST SERGEANT US Army
Company B
1 United States Colored Heavy Artillery
Civil War Union
December 25, 1835 - April 11, 1918
Adam Westfield was a first Sergeant, with the 1st Regiment Company B Heavy Artillery United States Color Troops. He was married to Vinie Dyson. He is also listed on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC. His Plaque No. is A-2.
The 1st Regiment, United States Colored Heavy Artillery
Organized at Knoxville, Tenn., February 20, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to March, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty at Knoxville, Tenn., till January, 1865. Operations against Wheeler in East Tennessee August 15-25, 1864. Operations in Northern Alabama and East Tennessee January 31-April 24, 1865. Stoneman's operations from East Tennessee into Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina February to April. At Greenville and in District of East Tennessee till March, 1866. Mustered out March 31, 1866.
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