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Civil War Trivia Answer

 
 The first black regiment raised for the United States was not the 54th Mass., but the 1st South Carolina. It was composed of nearly all field workers, seized by the local invading Federals. It raised in May of 1862, in the Department of the South by General David Hunter . Originally, the creation of the regiment failed, due to many causes, including the fact recruits were involuntarily inducted into the regiment in a manner suggestive of their days as slaves.

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