Monday, February 15, 2010

*The 54th Massachusetts in South Carolina In The Civil War- The Mighty March Into Charleston

Click On Title To Link To A "Wikipedia" Entry For The Massachusetts 54th Regiment- A Black Regiment Led By Robert Gould Shaw Before Fort Wagner In South Carolina In The American Civil War.

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After the Confederate defeat this regiment went through the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, in many ways the heart of the Confederacy, singing "John Brown's Body". Sometimes the efforts of humankind and the historic moment meet in just the right way, and that one surely was one.

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