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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>August 13, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass served as a recruiter for the 54th and for other units in several regions of the country.  Here is a letter to him regarding this:
War Department
Adjutant Generals Office
Washington DC Augt 13, 1863
Sir,
I am instructed by the Secretary of War to direct you to proceed to Vicksburg, Mississippi, and on your arrival there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 30-31, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Confederate threats concerning black prisoners of war and their white officers, on July 30, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issue the following executive order:
Executive Order &#8211; Retaliation
It is the duty of every government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Col James Montgomery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gen Quincy Gillmore]]></category>
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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>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 21, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-06-21] OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA.; DESTRUCTION OF SEMMESPORT. Two Hundred Negroes Hung and Shot at Alexandria by the Rebels.
 [1863-06-21] LIFE WITH THE CONTRABANDS.; The Sea Island Plantations. PLANTATION JEALOUSIES. THE PURCHASE OF FREEHOLDS&#8230;.
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Edward Hallowell]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gov John Andrew]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Gooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[march through Boston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OAF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Port Royal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Readville]]></category>
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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>March 23, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[BCF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin Stanton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov John Andrew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outlaw proclamation]]></category>
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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>February 17, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Notably, on this day William H. Carney joined the regiment. Â He would become the first African-American to receive the country&#8217;s Medal of Honor, in recognition of his valor during the assault on Fort Wagner.
Emilio observed that there were strong disincentives directed against both the soldiers and officers of the regiment [BBR,6-7]:
At the time a strong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 31-February 2, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio provided ([BBR] p.5) this description of Shaw:
Francis G. Shaw himself took the formal proffer to his son, then in Virginia. After due deliberation, Captain Shaw, on February 6, telegraphed his acceptance.
Robert Gould Shaw &#8230;was born Oct. 10, 1837, in Boston, was carefully educated at home and abroad in his earlier years, and admitted to [...]]]></description>
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