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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > war, peace and terrorism > war and society > war and race > 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

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54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry  

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  • The 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer (Colored) Infantry was the most famous African American regiment to serve in the Civil War, and the first to be recruited entirely in non-Confederate states. The 54th owed its existence Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CKC6MRM9-0

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