Artifacts of the 54th Massachusetts

Video From the Massachusetts Historical Society

While filming our Boston Virtual Field Trip we had the privilege of getting inside access at the Massachusetts Historical Society to artifacts of the 54th Massachusetts, the famed USCT unit from the movie Glory, featuring the sword of Robert Gould Shaw that he had with him at Fort Wagner.

Kris White is the Deputy Director of Education at the American Battlefield Trust and Dr. Chris Mackowski is a Copie Hill Civil War Fellow at the American Battlefield Trust.

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Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it. Various magazine covers stacked on top of one another, a baseball hat with an American Battlefield Trust logo and a man wearing a hoodie with an American Battlefield Trust logo design on it.

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