Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie ‘Glory’ erased from Pentagon website
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him ...
Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
An effort is afoot to tell the story of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers in a six-acre park between Boundary Street and ...
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What Was the Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
By 1863, the Civil War was two years old ... which improved their reputation with white Union soldiers. The 54th Regiment ...
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The 54th Massachusetts: The Heroic Black Union 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 ...
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Robert Gould Shaw
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 ...
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Unsung story of Civil War’s 1st Black soldiers from Sea Islands to be told at Beaufort park
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 ...