The 54th Massachusetts: The Heroic Black Union Regiment

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The 54th Massachusetts: The Heroic Black Union Regiment

In the 19th century, the forced bondage and inhumane treatment of Black Americans fiercely divided the United States, North and South. Across the country, passions were ablaze, prompting the deadliest war in American history. From 1861-1865, a ferocious Civil War was fought. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a Black unit, was organized in early 1863 after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Despite deadly gunfire at the ill-fated Battle of …