May 28, 1863

On this day in the Civil War, a regiment of black soldiers, the 54th Massachusetts, leaves Boston to train in South Carolina.

The regiment is led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the son of a Boston abolitionist.

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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

(Photo Credit: Library of Congress)

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