PITTSFIELD — A force of Union Army soldiers charge into the breach with bayonets fixed — expressions of courage, tenacity and determination reside on their faces. Viewers do not see the combatants on ...
PITTSFIELD — As Jerome Edgerton Jr. led the NAACP’s Juneteenth Freedom Walk from City Hall to Durant Park on Sunday, the mood was more than just celebratory. "It felt like marching into battle,” said ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The first African American regiment to fight in the Civil War launched an attack on Fort Wagner in the Charleston Harbor on this day in 1863. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry ...
C olonel Robert Gould Shaw was the 25-year-old leader of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first official African ...