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U S C Fifty Fourth
1,682 wordsThe Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in early 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and curiosity, and its performance would be conside...
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Colored Troops Emancipation Proclamation
1,069 words... the place that was selected as a meeting and a recruiting place was forced to remove the American flag. At another place the owner was told by the police "we want you damned niggers to keep out of this; this is a white man's war. " Frederick Douglass was the most persistent advocate of arming blacks, perhaps the greatest black leader this country has ever had. " Colored men were good enough to fight under Washington. They are not good enough to fight under McClellan. " He further stated; "th...
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Emancipation Proclamation Colored Troops
1,098 words... bsp; It was evident to the Union that they would need more men to join the draft so they could fill the ranks, but the wives of these men did not want their husbands and boyfriends running off to war, just to be killed. President Lincoln realized that more men were needed, but in order to keep the issue of slavery out of the wa, r he did not want to use blacks as soldiers. The war began as an effort to save the Union, and that is how Lincoln wanted it to stay. On the morning of April 12, 186...
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Colored Troops Commissioned Officers
1,020 words... ort, which was occupied by a 292 black soldiers and 285 white soldiers. The Confederate troops captured the Fort and gave the Union soldiers a chance to surrender. They then drove the Union soldiers down the river's bluff into a deadly crossfire and many died that day, there were only 62 of the 292 black soldiers that survived. Many in the North accused the Confederates of purposely massacring the blacks soldiers. Afterward in other battles "Negro soldiers fought only more stubbornly and fer...
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U S C Fifty Fourth
1,690 wordsThe Fifty-fourth Massachusetts was organized in early 1863 by Robert Gould Shaw, twenty-six year old member of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. Shaw had earlier served in the Seventh New York National Guard and the Second Massachusetts Infantry, and was appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew. As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and curiosity, and its per...
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