Among the skirmishes in which this group participated were Olustee, Honey Hill, and Boykin's Hill.
The song "The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground" was associated with one of its original survivors, William Carney.   Among the skirmishes in which this group participated were Olustee, Honey Hill, and Boykin's Hill. Its leader and second-in-command, Pen Hallowell, were both chosen by John A. Andrew, the man who had first proposed its formation.  Among those called to recruit on its behalf were Edward Pierce and Lewis Hayden who did so before it assembled at Camp Meigs. Its first action was at James Island and two days later it participated in the attack on a location south of Charleston harbor.  Memorialized for heading the assault on Fort Wagner, for 10 points, name this group led by Robert Gould Shaw, the first black regiment recruited in the North during the Civil War.
The song "The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground" was associated with one of its original survivors, William Carney.   
the 54th Massachusetts Infantry