The soldiers of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War were depicted in the movie "Glory." But the free blacks and former slaves who volunteered to serve were putting their lives ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most famous unit to serve in the Civil War in Jacksonville was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. It was led by Colonel Robert ...

James Henry Gooding wrote to Lincoln to demand equal pay for Black Civil War soldiers. Here's his story, including a wedding ...

A 125-year-old monument honoring one of the first all-Black regiments to serve in the Civil War was rededicated during a ceremony on the Boston Common, with speakers alluding to its significance as a ...

Doreen Wade of Dracut thought of her ancestor Charles Augustus Potter, an infantryman from Pittsfield who assaulted Fort Wagner, S.C., in 1863 with the famed 54th Massachusetts, the first Black ...

• Part 25 -- April 1863: Civil War reaches its halfway point as jobs and culture flourish locally and Lincoln looks to enlist God on Union side • Part 26 -- Civil War: May 1863 marks deaths of ...

The multi-million-dollar restoration of the Robert Gould Shaw-Massachusetts 54th Memorial is about to get underway on Beacon Hill.The memorial is dedicated to the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Under cloudy skies threatening rain, a group of masons tried to figure out the mystery behind a masterpiece. "The conjecture is that this piece may be possibly 32 different pieces ...

A Civil War memorial honoring Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a famed unit of Black soldiers, is back where it belongs. For months the bronze relief had been at a studio ...

Re-enactors pray on the beach on Morris Island in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, in a ceremony honoring the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Wednesday was the 149th anniversary ...

Among the courageous blacks from Pennsylvania — some from Montgomery County — who joined the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer infantry during the Civil War (1861-1865) starting in Spring 1863 and ...

“We’ll get you, Johnny Reb!” Joseph McGill snarls, baring his teeth as he prepares to storm Battery Wagner. When it comes to reenacting the events of the Civil War in Charleston during July of 1863, ...