In the fall of 1863, the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment refused. __________

A) to stand in the presence of their white officers
B) to accept any pay until their earnings equaled those of white soldiers
C) to engage the enemy at the battle of Fort Fisher
D) leave any of their fallen comrades behind on the battlefield


Answer: B

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