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Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts - The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton Join us for a free ZOOM Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols and authors James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle on Thursday, May 15, 7:00 pm -8:00 pm. Register here - It's Free: Civil Conversation with Dr. James Jewell and Dr. Eugene Van Sickle: Waging War for Freedom About the book: Late in 1862, amid the horrors of the U.S. Civil War, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, with President Lincoln’s approval, authorized the recruitment of Black soldiers for the Union cause. In January of 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was born. On February 7, 1863, Massachusetts governor John Andrew commissioned Boston-bred John W. M. Appleton the first of the white officers in the most famous Civil War regiment of Black soldiers. Appleton immediately began recruiting enlisted soldiers for the company he would command, Company A. Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts is a fresh look at the service of this famed regiment as told through Appleton’s memoir—the most complete first-person account available about the service of the men in the 54th Massachusetts regiment. Appleton wrote candidly about his own experiences and the […]