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	<title>Written in Glory &#187; Hilton Head</title>
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		<title>July 29, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further description from Emilio ( [BBR], p.108):
&#8230;Orders came on the 26th that, owing to the few officers and lack of arms, the Fifty-fourth should only furnish fatigue details.
Quartermaster Ritchie, who was sent to Hilton Head, returned on the 29th with the officers, men, and camp equipage from St. Helena, and tents were put up the [...]]]></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 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 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 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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		<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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