1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment - FactsFacts about the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment (later the 79th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment), the first African-American regiment to be organized in a northern state, and the first black unit to see combat during the Civil War.
1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment - SummaryOrganized in 1862 as a state unit, the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment (later the 79th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment) was the first African-American regiment to be organized in a northern state and the first black unit to see combat during the Civil War.
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment - FactsFacts about the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment.
54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment - SummaryThe 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment was one of the first African-American units to serve in the Union's volunteer army during the American Civil War.
Pequot WarThe Pequot War was the first war in the New England area between English colonists and Native American Indians. The English won, nearly exterminated the Pequot, and took control of the Connecticut River Valley.
