The 54th Massachusetts Regiment

Today we took notes on how african americans had their own military unit and i think that this was a really good thing for both white and black people because it helped the union in the war, and personally, I'm on the unions side. also, it gave black people more respect from everyone, because they had the oppurtunity to prove to everyone that they are willing to fight for the union as well. this shows the confederacy that black people are trying to keep the union together, that they can be trusted, and that they have opinions on things like this as well.