The 54th Massachusetts was the first such regiment recruited from a Northern state.

The regiment was initially recruited as eight companies, but actually mustered with twelve.

The regiment was recruited from the Berry region of France.

The regiment is nationally recruited and provides a reserve unit of pioneers.

The regiment was recruited in the French region of Lorraine.

All of the officers were appointed from Maryland, and the regiment was recruited in that State.

The regiment was recruited in the Languedoc region of France.

The regiment had been recruited from mainly Orange County.

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers are the first black regiment recruited in the North.

More than 50 infantry and cavalry regiments were recruited fully or in part in Philadelphia.