The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was an all-black infantry regiment organized in Massachusetts and lead by Col. Shaw and other white officers. It was one of the first black regiments organized by free black men of the North.
The Massachusetts 54
The Massachusetts 54
The first African American regiment sworn into Federal service during the US Civil War was the 1st Louisiana Native Guards. This infantry regiment was composed of former slaves in Union occupied Louisiana. They were sworn into service September 27, 1862. See the link below.
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yes Chapdog82--- Frederick Douglass was a major civil rights activist in the 19th Century Noted for Books and Speeches on Slavery and Oppression. He was NOT a regiment! Two of his sons served in the 54th Massachussets Regiment. Which was not the first black regiment formed but one of the first Northen Black Regiments formed. the first Recruited regiment was probably the 1st Louisianna Native Guards or The First South Carolina Colored infantry. The first black regiment to fight was the 1 Kansas Colored.
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The Massachusetts 54
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was an all-black infantry regiment organized in Massachusetts and lead by Col. Shaw and other white officers. It was one of the first black regiments organized by free black men of the North.
The Massachusetts 54
The Massachusetts 54
the massachusetts 54
The 54th Massachusetts was the first African American regiment that was recruited in the North. They first saw combat duty at the Battle of Fort Wagner.The regiment was led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. He was the son of a wealthy Northern abolitionist.
It was the first all-black regiment in American History.
Black Watch - Royal Highland Regiment - was created in 1725.
Black Watch - Royal Highland Regiment - ended in 2006.
First American Regiment was created in 1784.