Organized from 14th Rhode Island Colored Heavy Artillery. Designated 8th Heavy Artillery April 4, 1864, and 11th Heavy Artillery May 21, 1864. Attached to Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1865.
SERVICE.--Garrison duty at New Orleans and other points in the Defenses of that city until October, 1865 (see 14th Rhode Island Colored Heavy Artillery). Mustered out October 2, 1865.
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