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1. was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They were nicknamed the "Swamp Angels".
2. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
3. the 54th Regiment had still often been treated as second-class soldiers. Upon enlisting, the men who joined the 54th Massachusetts regiment were promised the same wages as white men who enlisted: $13 a month, with food and clothing included.
4. While white privates were paid thirteen dollars per month, black soldiers were officially paid three dollars less, and black soldiers also had an additional three dollars automatically deducted from each wage to pay for their clothing.
5. It was the second all-Black Union regiment to fight in the war, after the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
6. Confederate Victory.
7. Fort Wagner would provide the U.S. an opportunity to bombard Fort Sumter ... providing covering fire for the other U.S. troops.
8.Echoes of the Civil War still reverberate in this nation. Here are eight ways the Civil War indelibly changed the United States and how we live today.
