54th Massachusetts Company B Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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Description: Washington, DC based non-profit organization comprised of amateur historians recreating the history of this Civil War unit.
B Company 54th Mass Vol Inf Regiment Home B Company 54th Mass Vol Inf Regiment The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Battery Wagner. 54TH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER The 54th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf. was the first military unit composed of men of African descent to be raised in Massachusetts. Twenty-seven men, the nucleus of the organization, assembled at Camp Meigs, Readville, Feb. 21, 1863. The companies were mustered in on various dates between March 30 and May 13, the recruits coming from all parts of Massachusetts and many from outside the State. As more enlistments were secured than were needed, the surplus became the nucleus of the 55th.
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| Page title: | B Company 54th Mass Vol Inf Regiment Home |
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| Description: | B Company 54th Mass is a reenactment group operating in the metropolitan Washington, DC area. |
| IP-address: | 206.188.193.6 |