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	<title>Written in Glory &#187; Gov John Andrew</title>
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		<title>December 9-11, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Emilio presents Theodore Tilton&#8217;s piece from the Boston Journal  ( [BBR] pp.136-138):

Theodore Tilton, in a communication to the Boston &#8220;Journal,&#8221; dated New York, Dec. 12, 1863, quotes from a letter received by him &#8220;from a Massachusetts soldier in the Fifty-fourth &#8220;: â€”

&#8220;A strange misapprehension exists as to the matter of pay, and it pains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 28, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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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>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 21, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 39th letter to the Mercury
Mercury, December 4, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Nov. 21, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Since the last record of events in this department, the bombardment of Sumter is still kept up night and day, and still the gallant rebels are masters of the situationÂ â€”Â which, by the way, is a severe comment on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 14, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 38th letter to the Mercury

Mercury, November 26, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Nov. 14, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Still the bombardment of Sumter progresses, and still the rebels are masters of it. The firing during the week has been principally carried on by mortars, keeping it up all night. From the long continued silence of our long [...]]]></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.
NYTimes archive links:
 [...]]]></description>
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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>September 4, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Stephens&#8216; s seventh letter to the Weekly Anglo-African:
Morris Island, S.C., [VT]
Sept. 4, 1863.
Mr. Editor: There is so much of exciting interest to communicate, and there is so much danger of violating the orders of Gen. Gillmore regarding &#8220;contraband information,&#8221; that one scarcely knows where to commence or where to end. The recent order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 7, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Stephens&#8217;s 6th letter to the Weekly Anglo-African:
In Camp, [VT]
Morris Island, S.C.,
Aug. 7/ 1863.
Mr. Editor:
Since I wrote my last letter the startling news of the mobs, riots, incendiarism, pillage and slaughter, recently so rife in the North, particularly in New York City, has reached here. You may judge what our thoughts and feelings were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 23, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the regiment&#8217;s slow recovery and the beginnings of work on the siege of Ft. Wagner ( [BBR], pp.105-107):
Early on the morning of July 19, the men of the Fifty-fourth were aroused, and the regiment marched down the beach, making camp near the southern front of the island at a point where the higher [...]]]></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 2, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Emilio describes the beginning of the pay controversy and quotes Shaw&#8217;s letter to Gov. Andrew on the subject ( [BBR] pp.47-48). Notably, today was the second day of the ]]></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 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 22, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gooding&#8217;s 18th letter to the Mercury and a letter from Shaw to his father:
Mercury, July 8, 1863 [OAF]
St. Simon&#8217;s Island, Ga., June 22
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Since my last letter, there has been nothing important occurred in this department that I am aware of. In fact if anything important were to happen, in which our regiment was not [...]]]></description>
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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>May 29, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 08:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported on the parade and departure of the regiment:
NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-05-29] A COLORED REGIMENT.; The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment in the Field Review by Gov. Andrew and Staff The Regiment Embarked for Port Royal.
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		<title>May 28, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 08:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio ( [BBR]pp.31-33) describes the departure from the Readville camp and the parade through Boston to the departure on a steamer.  The map Parade Route Through Boston displays the parade route through Boston.
Gen. David Hunter, commanding the Department of the South, desired the Fifty-fourth sent to South Carolina. His wishes were gratified; for on [...]]]></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 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>May 1, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 08:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Stephens&#8217;s third letter to the Weekly Anglo-African:
Camp Meigs, Readville, Mass., [VT]
May 1, 1863.
There is quite a stir in the camp to-day. Mayday has adorned herself in sunshine and garlands of green. Hundreds are flocking here from Boston and its environs to witness the military evolutions of the 54th Reg. Mass. Vol., and never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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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 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 30, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Luis F. Emilio joined Company E of the regiment today as a second lieutenant.  He became Captain of Company E on May 23, 1863.
 Gooding &#8217;s fifth letter to the Mercury, and a letter from Shaw to his father:
[Mercury, March 31, 1863]
Camp Meigs, Readville, March 30
Messrs. Editors:â€š
â€”As the week begins anew, I have condensed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 23, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Shaw to his friend Charles Fessenden Morse, and a letter from Governor John A. Andrew:
Readeville [BCF]
March 23,1863
My dear Charley,
I received yours of the 19th today, and was very glad to hear your account of the review of 12th Corps, by Hooker. I have been expecting it for some time, as you said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 17, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two letters from Shaw, one to his mother and one to his fiance.
Readville [BCF]
March 17,1863
Dearest Mother,
Your note of Sunday reached me to-day. I am sorry it was a mistake about your visit to Boston, though I was astonished at there being any thought of your leaving Anna just now.
I had a pleasant time at Lenox. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 4, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two letters from Shaw, to his father and to his friend Charles Fessenden Morse:
Readville [BCF]
March 4,1863
Dear Father,
I have just received yours of the 3d inst. Governor Andrew says that all Colonel Higginson&#8217;s men, and the Colonel himself, wish to get into the regular United States uniform; and strongly advises our sticking to it. We are [...]]]></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 20, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two letters from Shaw, to his mother and to a cousin:
Boston [BCF] 
Feby 20 1863
Dear Mother,
You have probably been looking for a letter from me for some days, but I have had so much to do that I couldn&#8217;t write. My interviews with the Govr have been very satisfactoryÂ â€”Â and we are getting along better than [...]]]></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>February 8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two letters from Shaw, to his fiance Annie and to his Father. Â By now he has decided to accept Governor Andrew&#8217;s offer of command of the regiment.
Stafford C.H.,Va. [BCF]
Feb. 8,1863
Dear Annie,
You know by this time, perhaps, that I have changed my mind about the black regiment. After Father left, I began to think I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 4, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Â Shaw to his fiance Annie. Â Here he tells her that he (initially) turned down Governor Andrew&#8217;s offer
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Stafford Court-House, Va. [BCF]
Feb. 4,1863
My Dear Annie,
Your two letters, of the 25th and 29th of January, have reached me at last, and I was glad enough to get them. By this time you are on your [...]]]></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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		<title>January 26, 1863: Authorization of the 54th</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(From Emilio [BBR,p 2]):
John A. Andrew, the war Governor of Massachusetts,Â very early advocated the enlistment of colored men to aidÂ in suppressing the Rebellion. The General GovernmentÂ having at last adopted this policy, he visited Washington in January, 1863, and as the result of a conferenceÂ with Secretary Stanton, received the following order,Â under which the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts VolunteerÂ Infantry [...]]]></description>
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