As the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment stormed toward Fort Wagner, South Carolina, the soldier carrying the American flag fell. It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the ...

The 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner was a fairly inconsequential battle of the Civil War in terms of overall tactics and strategy. The Union Army needed to capture the rebel-held fort as part of its ...

PITTSFIELD — A force of Union Army soldiers charge into the breach with bayonets fixed — expressions of courage, tenacity and determination reside on their faces. Viewers do not see the combatants on ...

CHARLESTON - Re-enactors are helping to commemorate the anniversary of the Civil War attack on Battery Wagner by black Union soldiers that was portrayed in the movie "Glory." The 149th anniversary of ...

Westside Legends, in partnership with Berkshire County NAACP, Rites of Passage and Empowerment program and Milltown Funding, seeks an artist or artist team to lead a three month painted mural project ...

On July 18, 1863, on Morris Island, near Charleston, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a Union regiment composed entirely of free African-American men, began their assault on Fort Wagner, a ...

(AP) Dozens of re-enactors have gathered at Fort Moultrie in South Carolina to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the famed Civil War attack by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Prayers, a ...

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Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8 5 191984. Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding. These Union ...

Members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, ROC Veterans Association, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and others joined Boston’s Veterans Day Parade Saturday. The parade ...

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