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 lives ...

Dozens of Civil War re-enactors gathered Thursday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of a famed attack by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - a battle in South Carolina that showed the world ...

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of re-enactors have gathered at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the famed Civil War attack by the 54th Massachusetts ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! During a tour of the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial at the National Gallery of Art, Senior Curator of Photographs Sarah Greenough explained why and how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most famous unit to serve in the Civil War in Jacksonville was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. It was led by Colonel Robert ...

Doreen Wade of Dracut thought of her ancestor Charles Augustus Potter, an infantryman from Pittsfield who assaulted Fort Wagner, S.C., in 1863 with the famed 54th Massachusetts, the first Black ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Armory National Historic Site will relate the story on Sunday morning of the African-American soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, who fought during the Civil War ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new comic book will feature the story of Sgt. William Carney, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Civil ...

In the 1860s, it was viewed as groundbreaking to form an all-black regiment and send them into battle. The mere existence of such a regiment meant threats of bondage and execution for soldiers and ...

Anyone who has ever watched the 1989 epic Glory is familiar with the heroic feats of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. And if, for some reason, you are reading this but haven’t seen the movie, ...