Ever watch the movie Glory? Today in 1863 the real 54th Massachusetts Regiment began it's deployment to the South for combat.
I do not know how closely the movie followed reality but what a great movie.
Loki wrote:
Ever watch the movie Glory? Today in 1863 the real 54th Massachusetts Regiment began it's deployment to the South for combat.
missinglink wrote:
I do not know how closely the movie followed reality but what a great movie.
The 54th suffered more than 50% casualties in the assault on Fort Wagner. Out of 546 men, 281 were killed or wounded.
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