54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment photographs, 1863-ca. 1880.

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54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment photographs, 1863-ca. 1880.

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108 photographs collected by Capt. Luis F. Emilio, commander of Company E, 54th Mass. Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, the first Black regiment raised in the North. The photos date from 1863 to ca. 1880 and include tintypes and one ambrotype of African-American members of the regiment, as well as albumen photographs of its officers, including Robert Gould Shaw. There are also photographs of the regiment's military camps at Jacksonville, Fla. and Beaufort, Hilton Head Island, Folly Island, and Morris Island, S.C., as well as photographs of Fort McAllister, Georgia and the siege of Fort Wagner on Morris Island in 1863. One photograph that depicts the flags of the 54th Mass. Volunteer Infantry Regiment has pieces of the original flags attached. Photographers include George S. Cook and Haas & Peale; most of the photographers are unidentified.

108 photographs in 1 pamphlet box and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7644261

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

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Shaw was born in Boston to abolitionists Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw, who were well-known Unitarian philanthropists and intellectuals of Scottish descent. The Shaws had the benefit of a large inheritance left by Shaw's merchant grandfather and namesake Robert Gould Shaw (1775–1853). Shaw had four sisters—Anna, Josephine (Effie), Susanna, and Ellen (Nellie). When Shaw was five years old, the family moved to a large estate in West Roxbury, adjacent to Brook Farm. During his te...

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1965)

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Emilio, Luis F. (Luis Fenollosa), 1844-

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Cook, George S. (George Smith), 1819-1902

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Photographer, of Charleston, S.C. (1849-1880), and Richmond, Va. (1880-1902). From the description of George S. Cook papers, 1845-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78530117 ...

Haas & Peale

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