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 ...

Editor's note: This is the seventh in an occasional series of articles that looks back on different aspects of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry, the first black regiment officially recruited ...

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.

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 ...

There will be a ceremonial unveiling Friday of the bronze relief at the center the Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial on Boston Common across from the State House.

The unveiling coincides with the 158th anniversary of the events depicted in the memorial, when Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, one of the first Union regiments of ...

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.

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) ...