Scene depicting Fort Wagner along the Charleston River just after the devastating battle in which Confederate troops have turned back the Union troops of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, made ...

The movie “Glory,” the story of the Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War, ends after the assault on Fort Wagner. It gives the impression that the regiment was wiped out in the battle ...

The Defense Department (DoD) efforts to purge civil rights figures from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney. That link once directed readers to a ...

Civil War uniform costume used in film Glory. It was the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. Glory follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts ...

Sgt. William Carney, whose Civil War heroism was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie "Glory," will get his own comic book. By Matt White Published Apr 24, 2025 5:40 PM EDT As the soldiers of ...