Members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, ROC Veterans Association, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ...

PITTSFIELD — A force of Union Army soldiers charge into the breach with bayonets fixed — expressions of courage, tenacity and determination reside on their faces. Viewers do not see the combatants on ...

The chief historian at the Massachusetts Historical Society is closing out a 47-year career. Peter Drummey will lead one ...

I think each of us has a story going all the way back to 1619 when those first enslaved people were sold in Virginia," said ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The first African American regiment to fight in the Civil War launched an attack on Fort Wagner in the Charleston Harbor on this day in 1863. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment ladder badge worn by an unknown veteran who served in Company A. The ...

Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8 5 191984. Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding. These Union ...

(AP) Dozens of re-enactors have gathered at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the famed Civil War attack by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Prayers, a ...

The 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner was a fairly inconsequential battle of the Civil War in terms of overall tactics and strategy. The Union Army needed to capture the rebel-held fort as part of its ...

C olonel Robert Gould Shaw was the 25-year-old leader of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first official African ...