During the war, Douglass helped the Union by serving as a recruiter for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

His son Frederick Douglass Jr. also served as a recruiter and his other son, Lewis Douglass, fought for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment at the Battle of Fort Wagner.

* Lewis N. Douglass as a Sergeant Major in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

* 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner / Morris Island – the first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on Confederate-held Battery Wagner.

* 1893 – Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts ( d. 1946 )

* May 28 – American Civil War – The 54th Massachusetts, the first African-American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts to fight for the Union.

* July 18 – American Civil War: The first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, unsuccessfully assaults Confederate-held Fort Wagner but their valiant fighting still proves the worth of African American soldiers during the war.

There Nancy met her first husband, Robert Gould Shaw II, a cousin of the Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Carney served with the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant and took part in the July 18, 1863, assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina.

: Sergeant, Company C, 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry.

In early 1863, as the American Civil War raged, a number of local black citizens enlisted in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a regiment composed of black soldiers serving under white officers.

The destruction of this undefended city, which was of little strategic importance, was carried out by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers under the command of a reluctant Colonel Robert Gould Shaw ( who would later call the raid a " Satanic action ") and the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers under the command of Colonel James Montgomery.

It was the home of a number of members of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, an American Civil War regiment which fought, with considerable distinction, to preserve the Union.

However, the Confederates did make a final attempt to engage the rear element of Seymour's forces just before nightfall, but they were repulsed by elements of the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the 35th United States Colored Troops, both composed of African-American soldiers.

Following the battle, men of the 54th Massachusetts manually pulled a train of wounded Union soldiers for five miles, until horses could be secured to transport them further.

There are other Civil War connections as well: Major General Oliver Otis Howard, class of 1850, led the Freedmen's Bureau after the war and later founded Howard University ; Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew, class of 1837, was responsible for the formation of the famous 54th Massachusetts ; and William P. Fessenden 1823 and Hugh McCulloch 1827 both served as Secretary of the Treasury during the Lincoln Administration.

* Glory ( 1989 ) — Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew, class of 1837 is a character in this film about the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

In 1855 he married Anna Shaw, daughter of abolitionist Francis Shaw and sister of Robert Gould Shaw of the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

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This was the Union attack on July 18, 1863, led by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first major American military units made up of black soldiers.

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th Massachusetts on foot while they charged and was killed in the assault.

Romulus vanished in the 54th year of his life, on the Nones of Quintilis ( July ), on a day when the Sun was darkened.

was the 54th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

The game was inducted into GameSpys " Hall of Fame ", and was voted 54th place in Nintendo Powers top 200 Nintendo games.

Nepal was ranked 54th worst of 81 ranked countries ( those with GHI > 5. 0 ) on the Global Hunger Index in 2011, between Cambodia and Togo.

In December 2011 he was nominated for the 54th Grammy Awards in the ' Best Remix ' category for his rework of Daft Punk's ' End Of Line ' for the Tron Legacy soundtrack.

Romulus vanished in the 54th year of his life, on the Nones of Quintilis ( July ), on a day when the Sun was darkened.

James was a poor student academically and a disciplinary problem at West Point, ranking 54th out of 56 cadets when he graduated in 1842.

In 2008, Luke Skywalker was selected by Empire magazine as the 54th greatest movie character of all time.

Seward was an as an Anti-Masonic member of the New York State Senate ( 7th D .) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th New York State Legislatures.

Byrne was the host of Sessions at West 54th during its second of three seasons and collaborated with members of Devo and Morcheeba to record the album Feelings in 1997.

Previously, regardless of the size of the venue, a theatre was not considered Off-Broadway if it was within the " Broadway Box " ( the traditional Broadway Theatre District, extending from 40th to 54th Street, and from west of Sixth Avenue to east of Eighth Avenue, and including Times Square and 42nd Street ).

It was the 54th county established in Illinois and was named after Daniel Cook, one of the earliest and youngest statesmen in Illinois history, who served as the second U. S. Representative from Illinois and the state's first Attorney General.

In 1965, the 54th Street Theatre was rechristened the George Abbott Theater in his honor.

Beyond the railroad track, projecting into the river at 54th Street, was Mott's Point, with an 18th-century Mott family house, surrounded by gardens, that was inhabited by members of the family until 1884 and survived until 1895.

In 2006, Haggard was honored as a BMI Icon at the 54th annual BMI Pop Awards.

The series was parodied during the intro of the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards with talk show host Conan O ' Brien staying with the Osbournes while in Los Angeles because of his hosting duties.

was a Japanese politician and the 52nd, 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from 10 December 1954 through 19 March 1955, from then to 22 November 1955, and from then through 23 December 1956.

According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is given to the songwriter ( s ) of a song that " must contain melody and lyrics and must be either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility year.

Woodruff County is Arkansas's 54th county, formed on November 26, 1862, and named for William E. Woodruff, founder of the state's first newspaper, the Arkansas Gazette.

It opened in 1939 under the direction of Rebay, its first curator, in a former automobile showroom at East 54th Street in midtown Manhattan.

No one can pin down the exact origin of the label, but some refer to a tenement on 54th Street as the first " Hell's Kitchen.

From 2001 to 2003 FUBU also established a record label, first releasing a compilation album entitled The Good Life in 2001 and then an album by the 54th Platoon entitled All or Nothin ' in 2003.

The most famous regiment that fought for the Union in the battle of Fort Wagner was the 54th regiment, which was one of the first African-American regiments in the war.

Though some claimed blacks could not fight as well as whites, the actions of the 54th Massachusetts demonstrated once again the fallacy in that argument, as this was not the first time blacks ever fought in war or even for the United States.

William Carney, an African-American and a sergeant with the 54th, is considered the first black recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at Fort Wagner in recovering and returning the unit's U. S. Flag to Union lines.

The first overseas INC mission was sent in 1968 on its 54th anniversary.

It was his 54th World Cup victory, but the first in nearly three years, and came a week before his 36th birthday.

After dawn on 27 March the first Ottoman counterattacks recaptured Ali Muntar and a portion of Green Hill, but the 1 / 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment, 54th ( East Anglian ) Division, retook the positions, consolidated and re-established itself.

After first advising Murray, at 16: 30 Dobell issued orders for the withdrawal to the left bank of the Wadi Ghuzzeh of the 53rd ( Welsh ) and 54th ( East Anglian ) Divisions under the command of Dallas.

The infantry component of Dobell's Eastern Force had expanded since the first battle to four infantry divisions ; the 52nd ( Lowland ) Division, 53rd ( Welsh ) Division, the 54th ( East Anglian ) Division and the recently formed 74th ( Yeomanry ) Division which was made up of brigades of dismounted yeomanry serving as infantry.

The first action at Gaza took place before dawn on 2 November, the 54th ( East Anglian ) Division attacked the Ottoman trench system in the sand dunes between Gaza and the sea in a four stage attack.

The story is based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first formal unit of the US Army to be made up entirely of African American men, as told from the point of view of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, its commanding officer during the American Civil War.

While on leave in Boston, Shaw is promoted to Colonel, and given command of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first all-black regiment.

* Sheridan's first assignment in Earthforce was the 54th North American Unit.

They are the first African-American troops to fight in the war, a year before the 54th Massachusetts.