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	<title>Written in Glory &#187; Charleston Harbor</title>
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		<title>November 15-17, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-11-15] Siege of Charleston; AN INTERESTING REVIEW OF THE SITUATION THE REBEL DEFENCES,
 [1863-11-15] The Massachusetts Legislature.
 [1863-11-17] THE SIEGE OF FORT SUMTER.; A Terrible Fire Poured into the Ruins: Two of the Garrison Killed and One Wounded on Friday Night.
 [1863-11-17] Condition of the Contrabands in South Carolina.; STATEMENT OF MRS. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 26, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 31st letter to the Mercury
Mercury, October 8, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Sept. 26, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Since my last epistle to the &#8220;elect in Bedford,&#8221; there has nothing very eventful transpired. How long we are doomed to this monotonous state of affairs, I can&#8217;t presume to say; the army has done about all in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 6-8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the culmination of the siege in the final fall of Fort Wagner ( [BBR] pp.120-126):
Early on the 5th the land batteries,&#8221; Ironsides,&#8221; and two monitors opened1 a terrific bombardment on Wagner which lasted forty-two hours. Under its protection our sap progressed in safety. Wagner dared not show a man, while the approaches were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 5, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 27th letter to the Mercury
Morris Island, Sept. 5, 1863 [OAF]
Messrs. Editors:
â€”As there is nothing to record the past week, other than the (insignificant?) death of a dozen pickets, or as many more laborers in trenches, of course you must expect a dull letter. We had hoped the weather would continue cool, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 30, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 26th letter to the Mercury
Mercury, September 15, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Aug. 30, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The past week has developed nothing very stirring that I am aware of, though there may be a number of manufactured &#8220;tales&#8221; in the mail gleanings, or &#8220;the very latest by telegraph.&#8221; But for the information of those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 16, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 24th letter to the Mercury:
Mercury, August 29, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Aug. 16, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”As stringent orders have been recently issued relative to giving information in regard to military matters here, which is a very proper course and necessary, the amount of news is rather meagre, so I will violate no &#8220;General Orders&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 3, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 22nd letter to the Mercury:
Mercury, August 16, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, August 3, 1863
Messrs. Editors:â€”
The latest news from this department is the capture of a blockade runner having on board heavy Whitworth guns. The guns captured are now in course of erection on the north end of the Island to bombard the fort, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 1-2, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-08-01] Military Affairs.; OBSEQUIES OF GEN. STRONG&#8230;
 [1863-08-01] THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.; OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. GILLMORE
 [1863-08-02] The Duty of Colored Men to Enlist.
 [1863-08-02] THE OPERATIONS AT CHARLESTON.; A TRIP UP THE HARBOR ON A FLAG-OF-TRUCE BOAT.
 [1863-08-02] Funeral of Gen. Strong
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		<title>July 30-31, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Confederate threats concerning black prisoners of war and their white officers, on July 30, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issue the following executive order:
Executive Order &#8211; Retaliation
It is the duty of every government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 22, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter from Lieutenant James W. Grace describing the combined action appears in [OAF] pp.39-40:
To: Brigadier General R.A. Pierce, Readville
July 22
Knowing your deep interest in the officers and men of the Regiment, I thought I would let you know how we are after our Skirmish and retreat from James Island and Fight at Morris Island.
We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 20, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gooding describes the James Island action and the assault in his 20th letter to the Mercury, and Lewis Douglass describes the battle in a letter to his wife:
Mercury, August 1, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, July 20, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”At last we have something stirring to record. The 54th, the past week, has proved itself twice in battle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 19, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the aftermath of the assault ( [BBR], pp.86-93):
Although the storming column and supports did not move forward with a close formation and promptness in support of the Fifty-fourth, which might have won Wagner that night, their attacks when made were delivered with a gallantry and persistence that made their severe losses the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 18, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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The (second) assault on Fort Wagner took place today, with 600 men of the 54th Massachusetts in the lead of three brigades.  The regiment reached the top of the parapet, but was repulsed.  Shaw was killed at the top of the parapet, rallying the 54th forward.   Of the 600 men of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 17, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the immediate overnight march from James Island to Morris Island and the preparations for the assault on the 18th ( [BBR] pp.63-72):
General Terry was ordered to evacuate James Island that night. At about five o&#8217;clock P. M., the Fifty-fourth was relieved by the Fifty-second Pennsylvania, and returned to the bivouac. While awaiting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 15, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his wife Annie; it will turn out to be his last to her:
James&#8217; Island, S.C. [BCF]
July 15,1863
My Dearest Annie,
Your letters of June 3d, 14th, and 28th, and July 3d, 4th, and 5th, came to-day, and I felt horridly ashamed of myself for having blamed you for not taking care to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 14, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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The run-up to the Confederate attack is described by Emilio ( [BBR], pp.55-56):

Between the 10th and 16th there had arrived for the enemy from Georgia and North Carolina two four-gun batteries and six regiments of infantry. Beauregard also reduced his force on Morris Island and concentrated on James, under command of Brig.-Gen. Johnson Hagood. Gillmore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 10-12, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Emilio describes ( [BBR], pp.51-55) the lead-up to the 54th&#8217;s first major action:

Heavy cannonading was heard in the direction of MorrisÂ Island, at 5 A. M. on the 10th. Before night word cameÂ that all the ground south of Fort Wagner on Morris IslandÂ was captured with many guns and prisoners. This newsÂ was received with rousing cheers by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 9, 1863</title>
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A letter from Shaw to his wife Annie, begun today, extended on the 11th, and completed on the 13:

Stono River, S.C. [RGS][BCF]
July 9,1863 (James&#8217; Island)
My Darling Annie,
Just after closing my last, on the envelope of which I said we were ordered away from St. Helena&#8217;s Island, we embarked on board the &#8220;Chasseur.&#8221; We sailed at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 3, 1863</title>
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A letter from Shaw to his friend and former fellow office from the 2nd Massachusetts, Charles Fessneden Morse.  On this day, Morse was fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg with the 2nd Massachusetts.  He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on the day following. Today was the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

St. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 28, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
St. Helena&#8217;s Island, S.C.[BCF]
June 28 1863
Dearest Mother,
Your note of the 20th came to me on board the &#8220;Benj. DeFord&#8221; just after I had sent my last ashoreâ€”also letters from Father of the 10, 13, 15, 18, 19 Inst. &#38; others from Annie, Effie &#38; Harry. Some of Annie&#8217;s have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 23, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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 [1863-06-23] Convention of Colored Men Postponed.
 [1863-06-23] IMPORTANT FROM CHARLESTON.; Battle Between the Rebel Batteries on Morris Island&#8230;
 [1863-06-23] LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.; LYNCH LAW IN NEWBURGH. A Colored Man Arrested for Rape, Taken from the Jail and Hung by a Mob.
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		<title>June 3, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gooding&#8217;s 15th letter to the Mercury, his first from South Carolina; Â three letters from Shaw â€” to his mother, his father, and his cousin, John Murray Forbes; and a letter from Maj.-General David Hunter (commanding the Department of the South) to Governor Andrew:
Mercury, June 19, 1863 [OAF]
Port Royal, June 3
Messrs. Editors:
â€”After a long passage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 1, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his (new) wife, Annie:
Steamer De Molay [BCF]
June 1,1863, Off Cape Hatteras
Dearest Annie,
We have got thus far on our voyage without accident, excepting the loss of Major Hallowell&#8217;s mare, which died this morning, and was consigned to the sea.
We left the wharf at 4 P.M., having been detained nearly two hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 31, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 08:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio (pp.35-36) provided this description of the voyage from Boston to Port Royal (the map Voyage from  Boston to Port Royal describes the route):

May 29, the sea was smooth all day, and the weather fine but not clear. Martha&#8217;s Vineyard and Nantucket were passed in the morning. At night a fine moon rose. Foggy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 17, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 08:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
Readville [BCF]
May 17 1863
Dear Mother,
We were very sorry not to find you in the train last night, and to hear that you were ill. Â Nellie arrived safely and is at present domiciled with Effie &#38; us at Mrs. Crehore&#8217;s.
Tomorrow, if it is not stormy, there are to be four-banners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 16, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 08:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 12th letter to the Mercury:
Mercury, May 18, 1863 [OAF]
Camp Meigs, Readville, May 16
Messrs. Editors:
â€”As we fondly expected last week, the 54th is now full, and as &#8220;Artemas&#8221; expresses it, &#8220;it slopt over,&#8221; so the spilt ones are now the germ of another regiment, the 55th. The Journal of Commerce, some weeks since, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 26-28, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifty-nine men joined the regiment on these three days.
NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-04-26] The Negro Regiments on the Mississippi.
 [1863-04-26] THE FIGHT IN CHARLESTON HARBOR.; A DETAILED ACCOUNT.
 [1863-04-26] NEWS FROM WASHINGTON; QUIET WITH THE ARMY. A COLORED REGIMENT, 
 [1863-04-28] Progress of Emancipation in Missouri.
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		<title>April 18, 1863</title>
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Charles Douglass &#8212; youngest son of Frederick Douglass &#8212; joined Company F of the regiment today.
This is  Gooding &#8217;s eighth letter to the Mercury:
Mercury, April 21, 1863 [OAF]
Camp Meigs, Readville, April 18
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The past week has been marked by nothing extraordinary with us here, excepting a share of fine weather, which must be considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 17, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norwood Hallowell joined the regiment today as a Lieutenant Colonel.  Peter Vogelsang joined Company H of the regiment as a Sergeant today.  He was subsequently promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, and later commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and then as a 1st Lieutenant.


Two letters from Shaw, to his mother and to his father:
Readville [BCF]
April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 15, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eleven men joined the regiment today. [BBR]
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 [1863-04-15] CHARLESTON.; Our Special Correspondence to the 11th.
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		<title>April 14, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
Readville [BCF]
April 14 1863
Dearest Mother,
Annie received your note this morning, and showed it to me. I am very glad, of course, that you feel perfectly satisfied about our marriage. She and I agree that it is much better to have it as quiet as possible. If it were to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 12-13, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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 [1863-04-12] CHARLESTON.; Further Rebel Reports of the Bombardment of Sumter.
 [1863-04-13] CHARLESTON.; Our Own Accounts of the Attack On Fort Sumter.
 [1863-04-13] The Naval Attack on Fort Sumter.
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		<title>April 11, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is  Gooding &#8217;s seventh letter to the Mercury:
Mercury, April 13, 1863[OAF]
Camp Meigs, Readville, April 11
Messrs. Editors.
â€”Since my last weekly epistle, we have received 315 recruits, making the total number 614, and more expected daily. The ground about the barracks has dried enough now to make walking quite a pleasure. Our company have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 8, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
Boston [BCF]
April 8,1863
Dearest Mother,
Your note, enclosing Uncle George&#8217;s, arrived to-day. I hope you will get over your idea that I was so annoyed with your letter. I knew very well that you would not be in favour of our marrying now, and was not disappointed or annoyed. I assure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 4, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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From the Massachusetts Hist. Soc. collection

Henry F. Steward enlisted today as a sergeant in Company E.
Another recruiting exhortation by Douglass, published the April issue of Douglass&#8217; Monthly:
WHY SHOULD A COLORED MAN ENLIST?
This question has been repeatedly put to us while raising men for the 54th Massachusetts regiment during the past five weeks, and perhaps we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 3, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gooding &#8217;s sixth letter to the Mercury and a letter from Shaw to his father:
[Mercury, April 6, 1863][OAF]
Camp Meigs, Readville, April 3
Messrs. Editors:â€š
â€”The 54th progresses daily. This week past the men who have been in camp the longest time have been practicing in the manual of arms. It really makes one&#8217;s heart pulsate with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 19, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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 [1863-03-19] DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.; Our Port Royal Correspondence. The Preparations for the Attack on Charleston Nearly Completed&#8230;
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		<title>March 8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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 [1863-03-08] Charleston and its Defences
 [1863-03-08] Organization of Colored Soldiers.
 [1863-03-08] &#8220;Men of Color, To Arms.&#8221;; A CALL FROM FRED. DOUGLASS. 
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