LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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Union Army
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Detailed explanation-1: -The significance of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry regiment of the Union Army was that it was the first African-American regiment to play a major role in a military campaign. The attack on Fort Wagner was the first time a black regiment had been given an important role to play in U.S. military history.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -To lead the 54th Massachusetts, Governor Andrew chose a young white officer named Robert Gould Shaw. Shaw’s parents were wealthy and prominent abolitionist activists. Shaw himself had dropped out of Harvard to join the Union Army and had been injured in the Battle of Antietam. He was just 25 years old.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first regiment of African Americans from the North to serve during the Civil War, bravely assaulted Battery Wagner in Charleston Harbor. Their bravery increased Northern efforts to enlist African Americans.