The 54th Massachusetts was one of the first United States military regiment comprised of African American soldiers in the Union during the Civil War. The Regiment was authorized on April 23, 1775 in the Massachusetts State Troops as Danielsons Regiment. 110131, www.jstor.org/stable/3035634. Black Civil War Soldiers - Facts, Death Toll & Enlistment - HISTORY Reassigned on July 11, 1776 from the Eastern Department and assigned to the Main Continental Army. 1st Massachusetts Brigade relieved on July 1, 1777 from the Highlands Department and assigned to the Northern Department. Its exploits were depicted in the 1989 film Glory. Reassigned on November 14, 1779 from the New Hampshire Brigade an assigned to the 3rd Massachusetts Brigade, an element of the, Reassigned on January 1, 1781 from the 3rd Massachusetts Brigade and assigned to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade, an element of the. The regiment was relieved from this brigade on 12 November 1781 and assigned to the Highland's Department. Peleg Wadsworth American Revolutionary War Records It consisted of Cumberland, Lincoln and York Counties. Copyright 2017 RevolutionaryWar.us | All Rights Reserved, Henry Jacksons Additional Continental Regiment, Sayers and Sullivans Companies, Scammons Regiment, Prescotts Regiment (7th Continental Regiment), Phinneys Regiment (12th Continental Regiment), New York and New Jersey Campaign (1776-77), Fairfields and Pillsburys Companies, Wigglesworths Regiment, Walbridges Company, 13th Continental Regiment, Danforths Company, David Brewers Regiment, Bents and Whitings Companies, 24th Continental Regiment, Danforths Company, 6th Continental Regiment, Mayhews Company, 25th Continental Regiment, Claps Company, 21st Continental Regiment, Thompsons Company, 4th Continental Regiment, Egerys Company, 25th Continental Regiment. Massachusetts Archives Blog Archive Revolutionary War orderly books [Subscription to Ancestry.com required for access], Fold3, part of Ancestry.com, contains military records, stories, photos, and personal documents from soldiers of the Revolutionary War up through recent conflicts. Organized in spring 1775 at Cambridge to consist of 10 companies from southeastern Essex County. The National Archives holds records relating to military service during the Revolutionary War, including both Continental troops and state troops that served as Continental troops.