2007-10-25 12:01:10 · 3 answers · asked by Sharquana T 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
You must be talking about the Massachusetts 54th regiment, the first company with all black soldiers (white officers). Under Col. Robert Gould Shaw of Boston, they were slaughtered at Morris Island near Charleston, but proved to both nations that black men could and would fight.
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2007-10-25 12:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by noname 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
would be some type of regimental grouping in the military ... I googled and the 54th from the civil war came up ... apparently they played a roll in Potter's Raid ...
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3837/is_200207/ai_n9087402
2007-10-25 19:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This site will tell you.
www.54thmass.org/54hist.html
2007-10-25 19:07:48 · answer #3 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋