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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 2 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fifty-fourth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
––––––1,442 The 54th Mass. Infantry was the first regiment of colored men raised in the Northern States east of the Mississippi River. Authority for recruiting such a regiment was given Governor Andrew by the Secretary of War in an order dated Jan. 26, 1863. Capt. Robert G. Shaw of the 2d Mass. Infantry was placed in charge of the regiment during its formation, and was commissioned colonel April 17. All the commissioned officers except the chaplain were white until the muster of Lieut. S. A. Swails, May 14, 1864. Recruiting began in Boston on February 9; men were also sent from Philadelphia, but the larger part of the members were obtained through the efforts of a recruiting committee appointed by Governor Andrew, which drew its recruits from stations established from Boston to St. Louis, largely under the direction of Maj. G. L. Stearns. Four companies having been mustered into service at Readville, March 30, three on April 23 and the remaining three May 13, the regiment