Despite the danger around him, Sgt. William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment survived, holding the flag aloft for an entire half hour on the fort’s parapet.

The soldiers of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War were depicted in the movie "Glory." But the free blacks and former slaves who volunteered to serve were putting their ...

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Re-enactors will honor the 150th anniversary of the 54th Mass. regiment The infantry was an all-black Union regiment that fought in a famous Civil War battle A monument to the 54th will be ...

But the unit he joined was the newly formed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, one of the first all-black Army regiments. “These people were fighting just to be called American.

He is surrounded by reenactment Civil War soldiers of Massachusetts 54th Regiment, which was an all Black brigade. The group was part of a Juneteenth celebration, June 14, 2025.

Formed after the Emancipation Proclamation, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was one of the first Black regiments to serve in the U.S. Civil War, according to the National Parks ...

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The 54th Massachusetts suffered heavy losses during the battle. Many of the survivors captured by the Confederates were given no quarter or sold into slavery.

Remembering the 54th Massachusetts on Flag Day Regiment re-enactors bow their heads in a prayer of remembrance for the 54th Massachusetts on Folly Beach, S.C., July 15, 2011. (Harriet McLeod/Reuters) ...

Ronald Brace of Springfield, Massachusetts, stands outside the Emily Dickinson homestead in Amherst. He is the commander of the reenactment Civil War soldiers of Massachusetts 54th Regiment, which ...