2nd Infantry USCT Tallahassee

09/29/2026

09/27/2026

One of the best accounts about the Battle of Marianna was written by Armstrong Purdee who later became Jackson County’s first black lawyer.

The Battle of Marianna culminated the deepest Union raid into Flori...

09/27/2026

September 27, 1864-The Battle of Marianna was a small but significant engagement in the panhandle of Florida during the American Civil War. The Union destruction against Confederates and militia defending the town of Marianna was the culmination of a substantial Federal cavalry raid into northwestern Florida. Ultimately the Union retreated back to Fort Barrancas. USCT involved in the battle were the 82nd U.S. Colored Infantry and 86th U.S. Colored Infantry.

09/18/2026

Please visit the National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, GA if you have the opportunity.

09/18/2026

National POW/MIA Recognition Day was established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter. Since then each subsequent president has issued an annual proclamation commemorating the third Friday in September as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.

08/01/2026

August 1, 1844-Milton Murray Holland, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, was born enslaved in Austin, Texas. Possibly the son of his owner Holland and his two brothers were freed and sent to school in Ohio in the late 1850s. In 1863 he joined the 5th United States Colored Troops to fight in the Civil War. He was serving as a Sergeant Major when his unit participated in the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm in Virginia September 29, 1864. His actions during the battle earned him the medal, America’s highest military decoration, which was awarded April 6, 1865. His citation reads, “Took command of Company C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it.” Despite his bravery and despite his acting as an officer in combat, Holland never received an officer’s commission. He left the Army in 1865 and moved to Washington, DC where he established an insurance company and worked for the government. Holland died May 15, 1910 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

06/27/2026

Please join the unit today in Thomasville, GA at the Juneteenth celebration!

06/24/2026

Please join the unit on Saturday, June 27, 2026 in Thomasville, GA at the Juneteenth celebration. Our very own Sergeant Major Rosier will be speaking.

06/15/2026

June 15, 1864- Congress rules that African American soldiers should receive equal pay by passing a bill equalizing pay retroactive to January 1, 1864, for all men who had been free at the start of the war. The Enrollment Act of March 3, 1865 finally granted full and equal back pay for all black soldiers.

06/02/2026

June 2, 1863-Harriet Tubman became the first woman to lead a major military operation in the United States when she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 enslaved persons in the Combahee Ferry Raid during the Civil War. She was praised for her recruiting efforts since most of the newly liberated men went on to join the Union Army.