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the Massachusetts 54th
The 54th Massachusetts was the most famous because of the movie "Glory". However there were 200,000 black soldiers serving in the Union army. There were dozens of regiments and artillery battalions. Most were eventually named with a number and the label Colored Troops such as 8th US Colored Troops.
On the north side of Washington, DC, there is a monument called the African-American Civil War Memorial. It has two rings of walls that has the names of the black troops engraved on it.
The 54th Massachussetts Volunteers during the Civil War, fighting for the Union.
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Was the first all-black regiment of Union soldiers?
The Massachusetts 54
Was the first all-black regiment of Union soldiers.?
The Massachusetts 54
Was there a regiment of combative black us soldiers in world war 2?
yes there was i was one of those soldiers all my buddys are dead
What did the black union soldiers in the civil war eat?
The black Union soldiers of the Civil War ate what everybody else ate, one of the meals were stewed donkey meat.
Who were the baffalo soldiers?
The buffalo soldiers were the black soldiers in the Union army who helped settle the west by fighting against the native Americans.
Who was the first black regiment of union soldiers?
The Massachusetts 54
Was the first all-black regiment of Union soldiers?
The Massachusetts 54
Was the first all-black regiment of Union soldiers.?
The Massachusetts 54
Did the union and the confederacy both use African American soldiers?
The confederacy used some, but mostly in menial and support jobs. The Union had many more black soldiers, and many of them were fighting soldiers. Moreover, the (white) commander of the first black regiment had forced the Government to put black soldiers on equal pay with the white soldiers.
Where there black soldiers fighting for the union?
At first there were no black soldiers fighting for the union until later on during the war.
Who was the most celebrated black regiment in the Union army was the?
not who, but what. it was the 54th Massachusetts
What was the most celebrated black regiment in the union army?
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry
The first all black regiment of union soilders were called what?
the massachusetts 54
The formation of the all-black (blank) occurred in the Union?
54th Massachusetts Regiment
54 regiment is about?
The 54th Regiment of Massachusetts was a Volunteer Infantry that showed an extended service in the American Civil War. It consisted of black soldiers.
What is a collective noun for a group of soldiers starting with an R?
The collective noun starting with 're' is a regiment of soldiers.
This Union Army regiment comprised entirely of black soldiers?
There were quite a few, and, as a whole, they were known as United States Coloured Troops. There was a total of 138 infantry, six Cavalry, 15 heavy artillery, and one light artillery regiment in the US Coloured Troops.
