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	<title>Written in Glory &#187; Edward Hallowell</title>
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		<title>December 12, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 41st letter to the Mercury

Mercury, December 28, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Dec. 12, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The week just past has been one of unusual interest in the Department of the South. The first item is the loss of one of the iron monitors, on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 6th. The cause of her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 24-27, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes another incident in the pay dispute ( [BBR] pp.135-140):
News was received the last of November that the matter of pay had come up in a new form. Governor Andrew in his message recommended the provisions of an Act which passed the Massachusetts Legislature November 16 in words as follows: &#8221; An Act to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 12-13, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Emilio describes more promotions ( [BBR] pp.135):

Colonel Hallowell on his return used every means to have the many detached and detailed men returned to the colors, as heavy working parties of from one hundred to two hundred men were still called for to labor on the new works. Our first instalment of furloughed men having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 17, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 08:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 34th letter to the Mercury

Mercury, November 5, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Oct. 17, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Since my last, little has occurred worth mentioning in affaires de guerre. But we may hope for something pretty soon, as there are indications that powder is soon to be used in very large quantities. To give the reasons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 13-16, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes personnel changes in October ( [BBR] pp.132-3):
Henry N. Hooper, formerly captain, Thirty-second Massachusetts Infantry, commissioned major of the Fifty-fourth, arrived October 16, and relieved Captain Emilio of the command. It was his fortune to lead the regiment for a longer period and in more actions than any other officer, owing to the assignment [...]]]></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 16, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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The Confederates attacked on James Island today, and the men of the 54th distinguished themselves by their steadfastness.  Here is Emilio&#8217;s description of the battle ( [BBR], pp.57-63):

In the gray of early dawn of July 16, the troops in bivouac on James Island were awakened by dropping shots, and then heavy firing on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>June 17, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his his wife&#8217;s sister Clemence Haggerty:
St. Simon&#8217;s Island, Ga. [BCF]
June 17,1863
My Dear Clem.,
You have probably heard from Annie of our adventures since we left Boston; that is, if my many letters reached her. We are entirely isolated here, and know nothing of what has been going on in other parts [...]]]></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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		<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 7, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 08:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his sister:
Lenox [BCF]
May 7,1863
Dear Sue,
I have just received a telegram from Hallowell, saying that the Governor is going to send us off on the 20th. Please drop a line to Mother, and tell her this. We go down Saturday instead of Monday. O, how glum I feel! Colonel Hallowell remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 14, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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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 7, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his mother:
Readville [BCF]
April 7 1863
Dearest Mother,
I didn&#8217;t mean to worry you by what I said of our being sent away suddenly. I really thought you knew the officers of coloured regiments were supposed to be in rather a ticklish situation, if caught by the Rebelsâ€”and it was not any feeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 2, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two letters from Shaw, to his brother-in-law George Curtis (married to Shaw&#8217;s sister Anna), and to his father:
Readville [BCF]
April 2/63
Dear George,
Your letter of the 31 March reached me yesterday. I have already seen Mr. Guerrier several times. I liked him very well, but didn&#8217;t think him one of the best on our list of applicants. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 10, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio [BBR] describes the support for the regiment among Massachusetts residents:
In consequence of the cold weather there was some suffering in the regimental camp. When this became known, a meeting was held at a private residence on March 10, and a committee of six ladies and four gentlemen was appointed to procure comforts, necessities, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 23, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his fiance:
Boston [BCF]
Feb. 23, (Monday) 1863
Dearest Annie,
We have opened the camp at Readville, got the barracks in good order, and sent twenty-seven men out there. I have a good quartermaster, who has got all the necessary stores out there, and seems to be attending to his business in the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 19, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An entry from Emilio [BBR] describing the early recruiting efforts:
Much the larger number of recruits were obtained through the organization and by the means which will now be described. About February 15, Governor Andrew appointed a committee to superintend the raising of recruits for the colored regiment, consisting of George L. Stearns, Amos A. Lawrence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 16, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two letters from Shaw, to his fiance Annie and to his Father; description of initial recruiting from Emilio [BBR 9,10]; one of the recruiting ads.
Boston [BCF]
Feb. 16,1863, Monday
Dearest Annie,
I arrived here yesterday morning, after a very uncomfortable night in the sleeping-car. I have been at work all day, looking over papers with Hallowell, and talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 15, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio wrote  [BBR,6]:
Captain Shaw arrived in Boston on February 15, and at once assumed the duties of his position. Captain Hallowell was already there, daily engaged in the executive business of the new organization; and about the middle ofÂ February, his brother, Edward N. Hallowell, who had served as a lieutenant in the Twentieth Massachusetts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 30, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Governor Andrew decided to offer theÂ colonelcy of the 54th to (then) Captain R.G. Shaw, and wrote to Shaw&#8217;s father to enlist his aid in convincing Shaw to accept the commision; this is followed by the Governor&#8217;s letter to Shaw himself:
BOSTON, Jan. 30, 1863.
FRANCIS G. SHAW, Esq., Staten Island, N. Y.
DEAR SIR,
â€”As you may have seen [...]]]></description>
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