Volunteer Infantry facts
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The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was the most famous and effective of all black Union regiments, having fought in several battles, including the Second Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863.
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Iowa contributed a regiment of African-American soliders during the Civil War (1st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry - African Descent)
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About the 24th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, from the American Civil War, which was mostly made up of people from the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany and Austria-Hungary
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When the Civil War began, Burnside was a colonel with the 1st Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
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“Old Abe” an American bald eagle carried into battle by the 8th Wisconsin volunteer infantry regiment during the American Civil War.
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U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton promised a Medal of Honor to every man in the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who extended his enlistment in the Civil War. 311 accepted but the War Department eventually issued 864 - one for each man in the unit.
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During World War I, 58 year old ex-President Theodore Roosevelt volunteered to personally lead an infantry unit to battle in France; President Woodrow Wilson turned him down.
