Item contributed by Massachusetts Historical Society
On February 20, 1864, the 54th Massachusetts arrived in Jacksonville, Florida as a stopping point before going on to fight in the Battle of Olustee. Here, the Quartermaster for the regiment, John Richie, helped supply the soldiers before they headed into battle.
This photograph of a Quartermaster Depot is included in Captain Luis Emilio’s collection of photographs related to the regiment, now at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Emilio, Luis F. A Brave Black Regiment: History of The Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1863-1865. Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1864.
About item:
Photograph, circa 1863-1864, 7.4 cm x 7.5 cm.
From the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment photographs.
Photo. 72.105.
