Description. This lesson has students explore the formation and legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, one of the first Black regiments during the Civil War.

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — 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 ...

The 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry reenactors were formed about 17 years ago, said Paul Mello of Leominster, a sergeant with the reenactors who became involved with the group in 1995 ...

Civil War reenactors will return to Morris Island on July 18 to remember the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment’s three-month assault on Fort Wagner. Be the first to know.

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. — 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 ...

The Civil War's 150th anniversary has kept the Massachusetts 54th Regiment Company A busy with parades, demonstrations, lectures and living history encampments. And 150 years later, they're still ...

Potter served with the 15th Massachusetts Infantry ... He is working on a follow-up to his award-winning documentary "Civil War Re-enactors of New England," which he said will be shown ...

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first Black units during the Civil War. Bell Ringer Assignment Why was Governor Andrews able to form the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer ...