Which is an accurate description of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment? A. a unit of slaves who were forced to fight for the Confederate army B. a unit of white Southerners who opposed secession and fought for the North C. a unit of African Americans who volunteered to fight in the Union army D. a unit of Irish immigrants who fought to gain American citizenship



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The accurate description of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment was c) a unit of African Americans who volunteered to fight in the Union Army. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was the first unit of all African-American soldiers who fought in an American War, although they had fought in the War of 1812 and the American Revolution on both sides. This was a unit of freed slaves during the Civil War.
C.  unit of African Americans who volunteered to fight in the Union army

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