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Black Bostonians and the Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment__ "On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves in the rebelling territories of the confederacy and authorizing Black enlistment in the Union Army. Since the beginning of the Civil War, free Black people in general, and Black Bostonians in particular, were ready to gather arms on behalf of the Union, yet they were prevented from doing so." You can learn the full story. - illustrated - from National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov/boaf/54th.htm

Massachusetts Civil War Research Center__ "This site contains a comprehensive collection of information pertaining to soldiers, sailors and marines who served in Massachusetts units and regiments during the Civil War. Information found on this site was taken in part from documents prepared, compiled and published by the Adjutant General's Office of Massachusetts in 1888." You will find a searchable database of over 150,000 soldiers, sailors and marines as well as brief histories of 73 Massachusetts regiments which fought in the Civil War. - From massachusettscivilwar.com - http://www.massachusettscivilwar.com/default.asp

MassHome Directory of Massachusetts Civil War Web Sites__ You will find a directory of sites which include Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, Reenactment Units, Information Resources, Web Rings, Historic Sites, and Historical Societies - From masshome.com - http://www.masshome.com/histcwar.html

Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment __ Read a first person account of this regiment by Captain John G.B. Adams - illustrated - From Kerry Webb - http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/Mass19.html

Union Regiments - Massachusetts __ Organization and service history of Massachusetts military units (cavalry, artillery, infantry). - From The Civil War Archive - http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionma.htm

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