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Key facts 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.

Organized 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.

Key facts about the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment.

The 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.