The attack by a brigade which included several regiments, including the 54th Massachusetts, on Battery Wagner was repulsed. Some of the attackers did make it to the interior of the fortification, but the Rebels rallied and drove them out. Battery Wagner never fell to the Yankees. Developments elsewhere around Charleston rendered the Rebel ability to continue to hold the battery questionable, so it was evacuated by its garrison and blown up as they retreated.
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*the assault failed, but the regiment earned respect for its bravery in action.*
William Carney was the first African-American recipient for his actions on July 18, 1863 at Fort Wagner, S.C. as a member of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment consisted of African American volunteers, many of them former slaves, initially commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
As a newly formed African American regiment partly composed of former slaves, they wanted to prove their equality with the white troops, and actively fight for their newly won freedom.
54th Regiment of Massachusetts
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was significant because it was an African-American regiment. The regiment saw substantial service during the American Civil War.
There were four US Army Regiments of African American or Buffalo Soldoers who saw service in the Spanish American War and they included the: 9th Cavalry Regiment. 10th Cavalry Regiment. 24th Infantry Regiment, and the 25th Infantry Regiment.
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yes the African American civil war regiment
First All African American regiment
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No, Crispus Attucks was an African-American who was killed in the Boston Massacre.
The Armys Union Soilders were made up mostly of African Americans. 8th grade, American Journey Sux.
54th Massachusetts Regiment