Commissioned Officers of the 54th Faces of the 54th

Item contributed by Museum of African American History, Boston & Nantucket

Whitney Jr. enlisted at age 21 while a student in Cambridge. He became a first Lieutenant for Company G of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.




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Photograph, Carte de visite. Taken by John Whipple in Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1863/1865. Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket, 2011.005.07.

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