Karl Puckett [email protected] The memorial highlighting the area’s Black Civil War soldiers is ... people think the 54th Massachusetts was the first Black regiment to fight for the ...

Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...

Robert Gould Shaw was the white commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which entered ... buried with his comrades by Confederate soldiers in a mass grave in South Carolina ...

By 1863, the Civil War was two years old ... which improved their reputation with white Union soldiers. The 54th Regiment ...

Across the country, passions were ablaze, prompting the deadliest war ... the regiment were anti-slavery and chosen for their support of a Black regiment. Several Black soldiers in the 54th ...

The memorial highlighting the area’s Black Civil War soldiers is planned ... Many people think the 54th Massachusetts was the first Black regiment to fight for the Union in the Civil War ...