Juneteenth – African American Civil War Memorial Museum

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Juneteenth Observance

Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas on the morning of June 19, 1865, with four regiments from the United States Colored Troops – the 20th, 28th, 29th, and 31st USCT regiments.

Some of the soldiers had helped to secure Richmond the capital of the Confederacy and were present for Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. These troops were responsible for enforcing the emancipation of enslaved people and overseeing the beginning of reconstruction.

Join the Museum on June 19, 2025 at 11 am for a program commemorating the work of the USCT. The Museum will welcome guests to participate in the program by reading names from the regiments below of soldiers who were with General Granger in Texas and a sneak preview of the Museum Renovation site at 1pm.

20th USCT

Organized at Riker’s Island, New York Harbor, February 9, 1864. Attached to Dept. of the East to March 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to December 1864. District of West Florida and Southern Alabama,
Dept. of the Gulf, to February 1865. Defenses of New Orleans to June, 1865. District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1865.

29th USCT

Organized at Quincy, Ill., April 24, 1864. Ordered to Annapolis, Md., May 27, 1864, thence to Alexandria, Va. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Corps, to June 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, to December 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps, and Dept. of Texas, to November 1865.

28th USCT

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., December 24, 1863, to March 31, 1864. Left Indianapolis, Ind., for Washington, D. C., April 24, thence moved to Alexandria, Va. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D. C., 22nd Corps. April to June, 1864. White House, Va., Abercrombie’s Command, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, to December 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps, to April, 1865. Attached Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, to April, 1865. District of St. Mary’s, 22nd Corps, to May, 1865. Dept of Texas to November, 1865.

31st USCT

Organized at Hart’s Island, N. Y., April 29, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Corps, and Dept. of Texas, to November, 1865.

The African American Civil War Memorial Museum honors the heroic roles of 209,145 US Colored Troops (USCT) who helped end slavery and kept America united under one flag.

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