The 54th was promoted by Frederick Douglass, who gave a speech, “Men of Color, to Arms!” encouraging Black men to serve in the war. Two of Douglass’ own sons joined the regiment. In total, the 54th ...

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 ...

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 ...

These are the men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment — the first all-Black battalion enlisted during the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. A new mural, “Pride of the ...

He’s the commanding officer of the 54th Regiment of Foot, and he’s spent many years in the hobby since the Bicentennial,” Chiaro said. “Everything that’s visible is all hand-sewn.

Members of the United Train of Artillery, the Kingstown Reds, HM Tenth Regiment of Foot in America, the 54th Regiment of Foot, Bristol Train of Artillery, and the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment ...

View Portrait of an officer of the 54th Regiment of Foot, half length, wearing a blue coat half length, wearing blue and red uniform with silver buttons and epaulettes, black stock and white cross ...

Dad's Army might have focused on the Home Guard in Walmington-on-Sea, but some of its cast members were real World War veterans who saw active service.

Not all men fought in Robert Gould Shaw’s 54th like William Freeman, Jacob Talbot, and Henry Winslow. Lemuel Freeman and Albert Winslow, of course, served in white regiments. John Talbot served in the ...

That brings us back to John Hoard. The headstone of John Hoard is unique because he is listed as a member of Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. What is a guy from Massachusetts doing in ...

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.