OVERVIEW:
Organized from 14th Rhode Island Colored Heavy Artillery. Designated 8th Heavy Artillery April 4, 1864, and 11th Heavy Artillery May 21, 1864. Attached to Defences of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1865.

SERVICE:
-Garrison duty at New Orleans and other points in the Defences of that city till October, 1865 (see 14th Rhode Island Colored Heavy Artillery). Mustered out October 2, 1865.