Anyone who has ever watched the 1989 epic Glory is familiar with the heroic feats of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. And if, for some reason, you are reading this but haven’t seen the movie, ...

Boston’s City Archeologist Joe Bagley is the author of "Boston’s Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them." His work in documenting these buildings was featured in a video by Boston’s Preservation ...

William Carney heard a familiar voice roar, “Forward 54th!” Dashing up a steep slope with sand chafing his arms, legs, and neck, he saw a bullet-ridden flag flutter, beginning an agonizing plummet to ...

Civil War reenactor Larry Harris, of Philadelphia, right, marches past the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial, left, that commemorates the famed Civil War unit made up of ...

On the eve of their first battle, one that would cut their ranks in half, 600 men paraded proudly up Beacon Street, celebrated by the crowds before heading by boat to fight in South Carolina.

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Three months after the first all-Black Army regiment was formed during the Civil War, the two sons of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass left Washington, D.C. to join its ranks.