Wow, I just saw this. I don't remember reading this before.
List of Union Troops serving in Pensacola, 1861-1865.
United States Colored Troops (Corp de Afrique)
25th Regiment, July 2864-Dec. 1865
47th Regiment, Feb-Mar...1865
48th Regiment, Feb-Mar...1865
50th Regiment Feb-Mar...1865
51st & 61st, Regiments...Feb-Mar...1865
61st Regiment...Mar-Apr...1865
68th, 73rd, 76th Regiments, ..also Feb-Mar...1865
82nd Regiment...Apr. 1864, Mar. 1865, May, 1865
85th Regiment...(1864)
86th Regiment...Apr. 1864, Mar. 1865, July, 1865-Apr...1866)
97th Regiment...(1864)
If I'm reading this right, these are units comprising Steele's Command in Mobile Campaign. The 25th, 61st and 97th are not starred showing they were part of Steele's Command.
It seems the 86th Regiment, USCT were here during early Reconstruction.
Pam