Is there a list of members of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, made famous by the 1989 movie Glory, was the most important African American regiment raised in the North during the Civil War. The regiment won acclaim for its bravery during the July 18, 1863, attack on Fort Wagner, a Confederate bastion that guarded the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Col. Robert Gould Shaw, who led the attack, lost his life that day, and more than half the soldiers fighting with him were killed, wounded, or captured. The official roster of men who served in the 54th Infantry appears in Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, compiled and published by the Adjutant General, 1931. These volumes contain the names and brief service records for all Massachusetts Civil War veterans. The Society holds some manuscript materials that document the history of the 54th. A small collection of Robert Gould Shaw’s letters and materials includes photographs that Capt. Luis F. Emilio gat
