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 ...

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 ...

An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...