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		<title>November 7, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 37th letter to the Mercury

Mercury, November 17, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Nov. 7, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”As I closed my letter last Sunday the guns were booming with a dull, heavy sound, and have been ever since, although not quite so many have been engaged during the past week as the one preceding. Sumter still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 4-8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Andrew replaced the regiments state flag ( [BBR] pp. 131):
To replace the State color lost on July 18, Governor Andrew caused a new one to be forwarded to the Fifty-fourth. Its receipt on October 2 was attended with great enthusiasm, the rousing cheers of the men being heard for a mile around.
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		<title>October 2-3, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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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 19, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gooding&#8217;s 29th letter to the Mercury and Stephens&#8217;s eighth letter to the Weekly Anglo-African:
Mercury, October 1, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Sept 19, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”&#8221;All quiet&#8221; in this department of the South is a very appropriate mode of expressing the operations the past week with us here. Although you may expect at no distant day to hear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 17-22, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the next stage of the siege ( [BBR] pp.111-113):
Shortly after daybreak, August 17, the first bombardment of Sumter began from the land batteries, the navy soon joining in action. The fire of certain guns was directed against Wagner and Gregg. Sumter was pierced time, and again until the walls looked like a honeycomb. [...]]]></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 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>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>May 19, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 08:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported on the flag presentation ceremonies for the regiment.
NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-05-19] Presentation of Colors to the Colored Massachusetts Regiment.; SPEECH OF GOV. ANDREW.
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		<title>May 18, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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The presentation of flags to the regiment occurred today.  Gooding&#8217;s 13th letter to the Mercury described the ceremonies, as did Shaw&#8217;s brief letter to his mother, and Emilio provided an extended description including full quotes of the speeches; a picture of the flags dating from after the war appears at right:
Mercury, May 20, 1863
Camp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 9, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 08:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 11th letter to the Mercury
Mercury, May 11, 1863  Gooding 
Camp Meigs, Readville, May 9
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The past week has been one of progress with the 54th: 68 more men will make it a full regiment, if all the men are retained, which I think is rather doubtful, as there is about a [...]]]></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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