On this day in history, Sgt. William Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor — the first African American so honored — for his protection of the American flag during the Civil War.
, Sgt. Carney took up the American flag after earlier color bearers fell and he carried the flag to the fort, rallying and inspiring the men around him," the museum site notes.
"When the 54th arrived at the fort, the Confederate Army showered them with bullets. Shaw adjusted the regiment’s advances and took them through the moat and up the slope leading to the fort," the U.S. Army site indicates.As the battle continued, Col. Shaw perished. His regiment raged on, but the 54th suffered heavy casualties with about half their soldiers killed, wounded, captured or missing in action, the site says.
A bullet struck the 54th’s brave sergeant, and as the wounded man faltered, Carney threw down his gun, seized the flag and moved to the front of the 54th’s assaulting ranks. Memorabilia from Sgt. William Harvey Carney includes the Congressional Medal of Honor, pictured on Jan. 10, 1990, in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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