The Flag Never Touched The Ground : America's Brave Black Regiment in Battle

The story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first all-Black regiments in the Union Army during the American Civil War in 1863. The soldiers, including William Harvey Carney, a former enslaved man, faced overwhelming odds in their mission to capture the heavily fortified Fort Wagner in South Carolina. This act of extraordinary courage ultimately helped shift public opinion and marked a turning point in the fight for equality.