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The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was the second African-American regiment organized during the Civil War. Was the regiment drawn mostly from the local population, or did most soldiers travel from outside Massachusetts to join?

by /u/anthropology_nerd in /r/AskHistorians

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