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The 54th Massachusetts and it s Sister Regiments
Everyone who has seen the movie
Glory is familiar with the outlines of the story of the 54
th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. That “Brave Black Regiment” is also immortalized in August St. Gauden’s magnificent sculpture in Boston, as well as in books, magazine articles and on film. Mention Fort Wagner and the student of the Civil War can give you a virtual blow-by-blow description of the regiment’s most famous fight. But how many of those who know so much about Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his men know anything at all about the 54