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    The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit...
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  • takes its name from the famous 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and is a public duties unit. The preexisting Massachusetts National Guard's Honor Guard...
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  • Glory (1989 film) (category Films set in Massachusetts)
    by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's earliest African American regiments in the American Civil War...
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    The 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was the sister regiment of the renowned Massachusetts 54th Volunteers during the latter half of the American Civil...
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    Robert Gould Shaw (category People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War)
    Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast. Supporting the promised equal treatment...
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  • Regiment 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment 54th New York Volunteer Infantry 54th Ohio Infantry 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 54th Regiment Kentucky...
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  • 54th Infantry may refer to: 54th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 54th Infantry Regiment (France) 54th Infantry Regiment (United States) 54th Massachusetts...
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    to the first all African-American army unit, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The regiment was made famous in the movie Glory. Hyde Park was...
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    (September 10, 1823 - March 14, 1880) was a Union soldier in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and a civil rights activist. Born in a wealthy family in...
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    The 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Major George H. Gordon (later...
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    directed by Edward Zwick, about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army's second African-American regiment in the American Civil War. Writing...
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    Edward Needles Hallowell (category People from Medford, Massachusetts)
    the duration of the American Civil War, commanding the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry following the death of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw at the...
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  • the island. This battle was the first engagement of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. A letter to his wife written two days later by First Sergeant...
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    arm a Black regiment with White officers, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. In 1852, Massachusetts became the first state to pass compulsory education...
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    best-known regiment that fought for the Union in the battle of Fort Wagner was the 54th Massachusetts, which was one of the first African-American regiments in...
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    Colored Infantry Regiment. During the American Civil War, de Grasse served in the Union Army as a surgeon with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the...
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    units in the United States during the Civil War, the famed 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Shortly after joining the army, Douglass attained the rank...
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  • northern New York State. He served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first Black regiments organized during the American Civil War...
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    defenders had taken cover in the bombproof shelter. The 54th Massachusetts, an infantry regiment composed of African-American soldiers led by Colonel Robert...
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  • Units raised in Massachusetts during the American Civil War consisted of 62 regiments of infantry, six regiments of cavalry, 16 batteries of light artillery...
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    private in the 1st Rhode Island Infantry at the First Battle of Bull Run in Virginia and with the 5th Rhode Island Infantry at the Battle of New Berne in...
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    played in the background by several Union soldiers as the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment are marching past. In the 1993 movie Gettysburg, the song...
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    who fought with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and several members of the 26th United States Colored Infantry Regiment. According to the cemetery's...
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  • The 53rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment recruited in Massachusetts for service in the American Civil War. The volunteers, mostly...
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    Charles Remond Douglass (category People from Lynn, Massachusetts)
    when he volunteered for the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. His brother Lewis Henry Douglass, also served in the 54th, ultimately becoming a sergeant...
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    The 54th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They wore Zouave uniforms that were identical...
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  • regiments composed entirely of African-American soldiers. While state-raised units like the 1st South Carolina Volunteers and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry...
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    of Cadets") 101st Regiment (Regional Training Institute) 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment Former Units: 101st Infantry Regiment (1798) Otis Air National...
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    depicts Colonel Robert Gould Shaw leading members of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as it marched down Beacon Street on May 28, 1863 to...
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    Douglass was a retired military officer who served with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil...
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