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54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

In: Encyclopedia of War & American Society
Edited by: Peter Karsten
Subject:Conflict, International Security (general), American Foreign Policy

The 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer (Colored) Infantry was the most famous African American regiment to serve in the Civil War, and the first to be recruited entirely in non-Confederate states.

The 54th owed its existence Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew. Until ...

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  Karsten, P. (2005). 54th regiment of massachusetts volunteer infantry. In Encyclopedia of war & American society (Vol. 1, pp. 272-274). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952460.n96
  
  Karsten, Peter. "54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry." In Encyclopedia of War & American Society, edited by Karsten, Peter, 272-74. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952460.n96.
  
  Karsten, P. 2005. 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. In: Peter Karsten Editor, 2005. Encyclopedia of War & American Society, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 272-274 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952460.n96> [Accessed 18 Aug 2022].
  
  Karsten, Peter. "54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry." Encyclopedia of War & American Society. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005, pp. 272-74. SAGE Knowledge. 18 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952460.n96.
  
  Karsten, Peter (2005). 54th regiment of massachusetts volunteer infantry In:54th regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry Encyclopedia of war & American society Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2005:272-274. doi:10.4135/9781412952460.n96
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