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Name the first all black regiment in the civil war?
The name of the all black regiment in the Civil War was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, it was one of the first African-American regiments and soon became the most famous in the Civil War.also they were formed in kansas.it was declared in 1861-1865Chapdog-Too improve upon the answers there were several hundred all black regiments as there were no intergrated regiments in the war. The first ones were the 1st Kansas Colored Vols,The First south Carolina Colored Vols and the Lousianna Native Guards.The 54th Mass was one of the first Northern regiments of predominantly free men and was lionized in the film Glory in 1989. There were over 127 infrantry regiments of color alone.
What was the result of the assault on Fort Wagner by the African American soilders of the Union's 54th Massachuttes Regiment?
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.
What is the Massachusetts 54Th?
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was an all-black infantry regiment organized in Massachusetts and lead by Col. Shaw and other white officers. It was one of the first black regiments organized by free black men of the North.
How did the 54th Massachusetts regiments attack on the fort Wagner affect public opinion about enslaved African American soldiers?
because emancipation proclamation granted them thoses rights
What was the home of the famous all black regiment?
Over 186,000 African Americans, comprising 163 units, served in the United States Army, then nicknamed the "Union Army" during the American Civil War. Later in the war, many regiments were recruited as "The United States Colored Troops". The U.S.C.T. was the predecessor to the Buffalo Soldier regiments of the American Old West.
