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Preferred term
54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Definition
- 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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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/54th_Regiment_of_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry
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