The Brave Black Regiment: The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers

by U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and United States Army Command and General Staff College

This book documents the inequality of pay of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers (Colored) from its inception on January 26, 1863, until the resolution of its pay inequity on September 29, 1864. The regiment achieved pay equity on June 15, 1864. This book also details elements of the early history of the regiment and its major or campaigns. The Fifty-Fourth was the first black regiment officially sanctioned in the North after President...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519758197
• ISBN13: 9781519758194
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"