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massachusetts had provided one of the first regiments with all black soldiers known as the 54th regiment

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dorothea dix helped the civil war one way she impacted the state was by raising over 2000 female nurses/hospital workers

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John Albion Andrew was the governor of massachusetts during the civil war although he had no clearly stated opinion on the civil war he helped the union as much as he could one of the great things he did was funding the attack on harpers ferry this is important because it was a key component in the start of the civil war

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during the course of the civil war massachusetts helped out a lot they provided 62 regiments and over 150 thousand men they also supplied weapons and other equipment used during the war

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although massachusetts was not directly involved they did provide many soldiers some of the battles that the soldiers fought in were the battle at fort wagner