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	<title>Written in Glory &#187; Col James Montgomery</title>
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		<title>November 28, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gooding&#8217;s 40th letter to the Mercury and Stephens&#8217;s tenth letter to the Weekly Anglo-African:
Mercury, December 15, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Nov. 28, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The past week has developed nothing new in military affairs that we are aware of. The bombardment of Sumter seems to have been relaxed since last Wednesday, but what the object is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 2-3, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gooding&#8217;s 32nd letter to the Mercury and Stephens&#8217;s ninth letter to the Weekly Anglo-African, which he addressed directly to one of the two brothers publishing and editing the newspaper:
Mercury, October 15, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Oct. 3, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”All quiet here, so far as war news is concerned. Â We hear of nothing to cause any great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 27, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes another incident in the on-going pay disputes, which would last until the U.S. Congress took action on September 28, 1864 ( [BBR] pp.130-131):
Paymaster Usher arrived in camp September 27, ready to pay the men #10 per month from enlistment, less $3 per month deducted for clothing. Upon the non-commissioned officers being assembled, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 25-29, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the grinding advance down the beach to Ft. Wagner ( [BBR] pp.114-116):
Captain Partridge about August 23 applied for sick leave and shortly went north. In consequence Captain Emilio again became the senior officer and was at times in charge of the regiment until the middle of October. On the 23d the brigade was [...]]]></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 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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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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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 8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Emilio describes the beginning of the descent on James Island ( [BBR] pp.51-52):

All suspense regarding the employment of the Fifty-fourth ended July 8, with the receipt, about noon, of orders to move at an hour&#8217;s notice, taking only blankets and rations. Three hours after, the regiment began to embark, headquarters with seven companies finding transportation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 6, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Charles Douglass to his father Frederick Douglass â€”Â Charles originally enlisted in the 54th, but transferred to the 55th Mass. as it was forming in May, and later in 1864, transferred to the 5th Massachusets Cavalry (colored), a dismounted unit; together with a long letter from Shaw to his wife:
Readville Camp Meigs
July 6th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 4, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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A letter from Shaw to his father:

St. Helena I.[BCF]
July 4,1863
Dear Father,
All the troops, excepting the coloured Regiments, are ordered to FollyÂ Island. There will be a grand attack on Charleston, I suppose. I feel very much disappointed at being left behind, especially after Montgomery was promised by Genl Gilmore that we should have our share in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 3, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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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>July 1, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Two letters from Shaw, to his father and to his wife&#8217;s sister Clem.  Notably: The Battle of Gettysburg began today.


St. Helena Island S.C.[BCF]
July 1, 1863
Dear Father,
In my last to Mother, I mentioned receipt of all your letters, and yesterday, your other two of the 22d ulto. came to hand, having gone first to Beaufort. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 30, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio described this period as follows ( [BBR], pp.46-48):
&#8230;Brig.-Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore had relieved General Hunter. Admiral John A. Dahlgren was to replace Admiral Dupont. Tidings of these changes, of Lee having crossed the Rappahannock, the capture of Harper&#8217;s Ferry, and the investment of Port Hudson, were received by the &#8220;Harriet A. Weed,&#8221; on June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 29, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 19th letter to the Mercury:
Mercury, July 8, 1863 [OAF]
St. Helena Island, S.C., June 29
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Instead of going on another expedition, as we all expected and hoped, we find ourselves at the headquarters of the department, and great changes made in commanders; in fact, the changes had been made at least two weeks [...]]]></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 26, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephens&#8217;s fourth letter to the Weekly Anglo-African, and a letter from Shaw to his wife Annie:
June 1863. [VT]
Mr. Editor:
â€”Our regiment has been on the move ever since our arrival at Beaufort. Our active and brave leader, Col. Montgomery, gives none under his command time to rot, sicken and die in camp. No sooner does he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 20, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his brother-in-law Charles Russell Lowell, Jr (married to Shaw&#8217;s sister Effie) who was a colonel in the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry and was killed at the Battle of Cedar Creek in October, 1864:
St. Simon&#8217;s Island, Ga. [BCF]
June 20,1863
My dear Charley,
I received your kind letter before I left Readvilleâ€”and beg you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 18, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
St. Simon&#8217;s Island [BCF]
June 18 1863
Dearest Mother,
We have received nothing since our first mail, which I mentioned in my last to you. Captain Rand arrived at Beaufort after we had left there, and your second note arrived at the same time with the first. I am very glad you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 15, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his sister.  Worthy of note: Lee&#8217;s second invasion of the North began today as Ewell&#8217;s Second Corps began crossing the Potomac river into Maryland.
St. Simon&#8217;s Island [BCF]
June 15,1863
My Dear Effie,
I received yours of 31 May, day before yesterday. Before you receive this, you will know, from my letters to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 13, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
St. Simon&#8217;s Island [BCF]
June 13 1863
Dearest Mother,
Last evening I received your two letters of the 31st May, &#38;Â 1st Juneâ€”one from Annie, two from Father &#38; one from Effie. This is the first news I have had since I left home. I hope you have received all mine. This should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 10, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the burning of Darien ([BBR]):
After a rather rough voyage of some eighty miles during the night, the &#8221; De Molay &#8221; dropped anchor at 6 A. M. [on the 9th] in the sound off the southern point of St. Simon&#8217;s Island.Â  Colonel Shaw landed and rode across the island to report to Colonel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 9, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his wife Annie:
St. Simon&#8217;s Island, Ga. [BCF]
Tuesday, June 9,1863
My Dearest Annie,
We arrived at the southern point of this island at six this morning. I went ashore to report to Colonel Montgomery, and was ordered to proceed with my regiment to a place called &#8220;Pike&#8217;s Bluff,&#8221; on the inner coast of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gooding&#8217;s 16th letter to the Mercury, and a letter from Shaw to his father:
Beaufort, S. C, June 8th [OAF]
Messrs. Editors:
â€”We arrived at this town on the evening of the 4th, not debarking at Hilton Head. On the morning of the 5th, we left the steamer and marched to our camp ground about a quarter of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 6, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
Beaufort [BCF]
June 6, 1863
Dear Mother,
The mail which was to have gone last night is still here, so I can send you a few lines.
Col. Montgomery sailed yesterday, and we shall go after him before long, I suppose.
This is an odd sort of place. All the original inhabitants are gone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 5, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his father:
Beaufort, S.C. [BCF]
June 5 1863
Dear Father,
We came down from Hilton Head day before yesterday. I saw Col. Montgomery, who was about to embark for an expedition to Georgia. I immediately requested permission to go with him but was too late, and shall probably follow tomorrow or day after. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 3, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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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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