Company D of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Civil War

The 54th Massachusetts voluntary infantry was Massachusetts' first all black regiment during the Civil War. The colonel, captains and lieutenants were white, with black infantry being promoted as high as sergeant major.

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 Most recent updates 9 March 2018

Privates


Private John Anderson (1844 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) profile of John Anderson

Private John W. Anderson (1831 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) profile of John Anderson

Private Francis Anthony (1838 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) profile of Francis Anthony

Private Ellas Artis (1833 - ) WIA at Fort Wagner
WikiTree (genealogy) profile of Elias Artis

Private John Benson, Jr. (1833 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) profile of John Benson

Private Joseph Smith Barry (1841 - ) WIA at Olustee
WikiTree (genealogy) profile of Joseph Barry

Private Elijah Berry (1844 - )
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Private Caleb J. Boss (1846 - )
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Private Chauncey Briggs (1843 - )
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Private Royal A. Briggs of Vermont (27 May 1844 - 22 July 1879)
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Private John Burns (1842 - )
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Private Sylvester Burrell of Columbia, PA (31 August 1844 - 1 November 1914)
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Private Henry Bush (1837 - 23 February 1865)
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Private Joseph Butler (1838 - )
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Private Richard Butler (1839 - )
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Private William Butler (1841 - ) WIA at Honey Hill
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Private Henry Cannon (1823 - )
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Private William Cebolt (12 February 1835 - 10 April 1918)
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Private Cato Chaney (1829 - 1886) WIA at Fort Wagner
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Private Andrew Clark (1833 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private George E. Coburn (1822 - )
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Private George E. Cogswell of New Hampshire (1845 - 17 June 1864) POW
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Private Samuel Craft (1843 - )
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Private Robert Cragg (1841 - )
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Private James Davis (1845 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) of James Davis

Private John E. Davis (1837 - ) Transferred to 55th Massachusetts
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Private Thomas Davis (1840 - ) WIA at Fort Wagner
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Private Toussaint L'O. Delaney (1845 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) of Toussaint Delaney

Private Moses N. Dustin (27 March 1830 - 28 January 1895)
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Private William Edgerly of Pennsylvania (1842 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private Charles L. Ellis (1843 - )
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Private Albert Evans (1835 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private John Firman (1841 - )
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Private George Fisher of Pennsylvania (1838 - 20 April 1869)
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Private Ira W. Gardiner (1837 - )
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Private Martin Gilman (1840 - 27 July 1863) WIA at Fort Wagner, DOW
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Private Alexander F. Green (1822 - 19 March 1864)
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Private Amos Benjamin Green of Sherborn, MA (17 March 1846 - 29 November 1881)
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Private Franklin Green (1846 - )
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Private James Washington Green of Sherborn, MA (28 September 1847 - 30 April 1864)
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Private John A. Green (1845 - ) WIA at Fort Wagner
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Private John Hall (1829 - 2 July 1864)
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Private William Hall (1837 - )
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Private Joseph F. Hallowell (1831 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) of Joseph Hallowell

Private Charles C. Hankerson of New Jersey (1836 - 21 August 1906) WIA at Honey Hill
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Private Paul Hamilton of Pittsfield, MA (1844 - )
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Private John Harris (1845 - )
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Private John F. Harrison (1845 - )
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Private James F. Haskell of New Hampshire (1842 - 8 May 1870)
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Private Isaac S. Hawkins (1834 - ) POW
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Private Henry Hazard (1844 - )
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Private Horace O. Hazard (1835 - )
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Private Oliver E. Hazard of Massachusetts (23 September 1836 - 13 July 1896) WIA at Olustee
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Private Theodore Hazard (1843 - )
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Private John Henderson (1840 - ) WIA at Olustee
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Private Benjamin Hogan (1838 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private Peter Hopkins (1843 - ) WIA at Fort Wagner, WIA at Olustee
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Private James Hunter (1836 - )
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Private Samuel Hunter (1827 - ) WIA at Olustee
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Private William Jackson (1831 - )
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Private Nathan C. Jeffrey (1845 - )
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Private John Henry Johnson (1847 - )
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Private Ralph Johnson (1838 - 19 September 1863)
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Private Robert A. Jones, Musician (1843 - 10 May 1865)
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Private Wiley Jordan (1834 - )
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Private William H. Kennard (1843 - )
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Private Thomas E. Knox (1842 - )
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Private John N. Langley (1838 - 14 February 1910)
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Private Harrison Lee (1838 - 16 April 1907)
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Private William Little (1845 - )
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Private Thomas Lloyd (1843 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private William Lloyd (1838 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private George Lucas (1835 - )
WikiTree (genealogy) of George Lucas

Private Edwin Lukes (1835 - )
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Private John Macpherson (1840 - )
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Private Andrew Meads (1842 - )
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Private James H. Mills (1831 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private George Moore (1842 - )
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Private John W. Moore (1840 - )
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Private James Nelson (1839 - )
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Private Stephen Newton of Connecticut (1845 - 18 July 1863) KIA at Fort Wagner
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Private John R. O'Neal (1839 - )
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Private Henry Parker of Columbia, PA (1841 - 4 October 1863)
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Private William Passidy (1836 - )
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Private Philip Piner (1842 - )
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Private Charles C. Porter
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Private Anson Prator
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Private George T. Prosser
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Private Charles Reed
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Private Joseph W. Reed
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Private Joseph J. Rice
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Private Thomas Peter Riggs
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Private John Robinson
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Private Warren Ryan
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Private John Saunders
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Private George Scott
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Private Richard Seaman
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Private Augustus Smith
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Private James H. Smith
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Private Nathan Sprague
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Private Charles W. Stewart
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Private Hezekiah Stewart
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Private William Thomas
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Private William H. Thomas

Private John J. Turner
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Private Solomon Turner
Private Henry Van Alstyne
Private Samuel Vroman
Private John Walters
Private James Warrick
Private Samuel Weever
Private James S. Weir
Private Lewis West
Private Elias Wilmore
Private Webster Wilson
Private George Woodin
Private John R. Wyncoop
Private John W. Young

Corporals


Corporal William Tecumseh Barks (30 January 1840 - 26 December 1907)
Corporal Samuel Griffin (1841 - 1920) WIA at Fort Wagner
Corporal Alexander Jones (1840 - 7 July 1864)
Corporal Robert Kane (1842 - )
Corporal Moses Morris of Pennsylvania (1835 - 1872)
Corporal William W. Nesbitt of Altoona, PA (1843 - ) WIA at Olustee
Corporal James Oliver of New Jersey (1838 - )
Corporal Samuel Walter Pinn (1844 - )
Corporal John Plowden of Chambersburg, PA (1841 - )
Corporal Alexander W. Renkins
Corporal Samuel Robinson
Corporal Oscar Sessor
Corporal Nathaniel Sparrow
Corporal John H. Stotts
Corporal Franklin Willis

Sergeants


Sergeant Garnet G. Cezar (1845 - 4 April 1930)
Sergeant John H. Dover of Buffalo, NY (1845 - 1932)
Private James H. Jackson (1844 - 1878) Transferred to 55th Massachusetts
Sergeant Alexander Pinckney (1835 - )
Sergeant James H. Wilkins

First Sergeants


First Sergeant Albert D. Thompson

Bibliography


Emilio, Luis Fenollosa History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865 Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1894

DOW Died of Wounds
KIA Killed in Action
MIA Missing in Action
POW Prisoner of War
WIA Wounded In Action

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