What was he 54th Massachusetts regiment?

Answer 1

African American soldiers and a white commanding officer

Answer 2

One unit that insisted on fighting without pay was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first African American regiments organized to the north. It earned its greatest fame in July 1863, when it led a heroic attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina.

Answer 3

The Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial, located across Beacon Street from the State House, serves as a reminder of the heavy cost paid by individuals and families during the Civil War. In particular, it serves as a memorial to the group of men who were among the first African Americans to fight in that war. Although African Americans served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, northern racist sentiments kept African Americans from taking up arms for the United Stated in the early years of the Civil War. However, a clause in Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation made possible the organization of African American volunteer regiments. The first documented African American regiment formed in the north was the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry, instituted under Governor John Andrews in 1863. African American men came to enlist from every region of the north, and from as faraway as the Caribbean. Robert Gould Shaw was the man Andrews chose to lead this regiment.

Answer 4

One unit that insisted on fighting without pay was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first African American regiments organized to the north. earned its greatest fame in July 1863, when it led a heroic attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina

Answer 5

During the US Civil War, for the most part, soldiers joined within their respective states regiments that were brought together to form armies. In 1863, abolitionists in Massachusetts formed the 54th Regiment. The regiment was segregated with Black infantry, and led by white officers. They fought gallantly in an attempt to capture Southern Fort Fisher.