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LT COL 8TH REGT USCT & 56TH PA VOL
Loren Burritt enlisted in Co K 56th Reg Pa Vol Was elected and commissioned second lieutenant and was with the company in its battles and campaigns up to the time he was commissioned an officer in the 8th Reg US Colored Troops. For his bravery he was promoted to Lieutenant colonel of that Regiment. At Olustee Florida February 20 1864 while in command of the Regiment he received severe wounds from the effects of which he suffered as long as he lived and which were eventually the cause of his death. No children (Family of Blackleach Burritt Jr.)