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Glossary Term – Event

Battle of Fort Wagner

The 54th Massachusetts, a black Union regiment, heroically but unsuccessfully assaulted the Confederates at Fort Wagner in South Carolina. The 54th suffered major casualties, but the regiment’s performance confirmed...

Glossary Term – Event

First all-black regiment in the North authorized

The War Department authorized Massachusetts to recruit an African American...