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Civil War 54 Massachusetts Infantry

Indiana Civil War 54 Massachusetts Infantry

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Submitted by Amy Johnson Crow
Source: History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry, 1863-1865 by Luis F. Emilio (Boston: Boston Book Company, 1891).
This history has been digitized and is available on Internet Archive
(https://archive.org/details/cu31924098139813)

This database includes all of the men who were listed in the book as either
having enlisted from Indiana or whose last known residence was Indiana. It
should not be taken as a comprehensive list of men with Indiana ties who
served with the 54th Massachusetts. The majority of the entries in the book
did not include a last known address. In addition, the book did not include
places of birth for the enlisted men; some men could have been born in
Indiana but enlisted from another state.

BACKGROUND: The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was an African-American
regiment, formed before the Federal government began accepting blacks into
the army. Men from other states, frustrated by their own states’
prohibition on blacks serving, opted to serve in the black regiments being
formed by Massachusetts. The 54th Massachusetts, led by Col. Robert Gould
Shaw, sustained heavy losses at Fort Wagner, South Carolina and at Olustee,
Florida. Their story is depicted in the movie "Glory."

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