They were the first to volunteer 54 times in a row.
A regiment of free blacks who charged Fort Wagner, South Carolina.
Black
Massachusetts Volunteers came from the state of Massachusetts.
They were the first afrcian American to volunteer.
The 54th Massachusetts was the first african american regiment brought into Federal service.
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment consisted of African American volunteers, many of them former slaves, initially commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
They were the first black army
The governor received the authority to recruit blck troops on January 25, 1863. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was the first African-American group.
First Battalion of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers - 1898 was released on: USA: September 1898
First All African American regiment
The 54th Massachusetts was formed by recruiting free black men from Massachusetts.
Massachusetts; The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
54th Regiment of Massachusetts