Tag: 54th massachusetts
Barbara Gannon on Finding the “Lost Graves” of Black Soldiers Killed at the Battle of Olustee: Video
I was reading Kevin Levin’s Substack yesterday and he posted this talk by historian Barbara Gannon, which I had not seen before. Gannon teaches history…
Video: Watch the Rededication of the Shaw/54th Massachusetts Memorial in Boston
You can watch the video of today’s entire National Rededication of the Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial in Boston.
Robert Gould Shaw/54th Massachusetts Regiment monument in Boston is being rededicated on June 1
The Robert Gould Shaw/54th Massachusetts Regiment monument in Boston is being rededicated on June 1, 2022. Here is info from the organizers: Shaw 54th Regiment…
Podcast: How Robert Gould Shaw’s Missing Ft. Wagner Sword Was Found and Identified
When Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th Massachusetts into battle at Fort Wagner outside of Charleston he carried a brand new sword given to him…
54th Massachusetts: “A Brave Black Regiment”
This is part of my series of scrapbooks on Black regiments that served in the Civil War. While they are each focused on a single…
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton
Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America by Douglas R Egerton published by Basic Books (2016) 450pp. $32.00 Hardcover $20.99…
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