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	<title>Written in Glory &#187; siege of Charleston</title>
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		<title>December 27-29, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio&#8217;s last entry for 1863 describes the action on Christmas day ( [BBR] pp.YY):
Christmas day was cold and windy. The only noteworthy event in camp was the arrival of a mail. Besides fatigue parties a detail for grand guard of two hundred and fifty men went out under Captain Pope. Our rifles had sounded their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December 26, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 08:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 43rd letter to the Mercury
Mercury, January 7, 1864 [OAF]
Morris Island, Dec. 26, 1863
Strategy and Common Sense
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Since my last there has been nothing extraordinary occurred in military affairs, and the indications are that nothing will occur between now and spring, unless brought on by the enemy. The whole face of nature now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December 19, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 42nd letter to the Mercury

Mercury, January 6, 1864 [OAF]
Morris Island, Dec. 19, 1863
Charleston Harbor Supposed To Be Clear Of Obstructions
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Since my last letter, we have been on tiptoe, expecting to see or hear the iron fleet making an effort to get into Charleston harbor; but still the Philadelphia haunts the waters [...]]]></description>
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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>December 5-7, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 08:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-12-05] DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.; Charleston not Taken Where the Blame Belongs Treatment of the Colored Troops.
 [1863-12-05] REPORTS VIA BOSTON.
 [1863-12-05] NEWS FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR.; Cessation of the Fire Against Sumter. The Bombardment of the Other Forts Commenced. MORE SHELLS THROWN INTO THE CITY.
 [1863-12-06] The Anti-Slavery Convention in Philadelphia.; SPEECHES [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December 2-4, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Emilio describes the beginning of December ( [BBR] p. 140):

December came in, cold and rainy, for the winter weather had set in. The day, however, was a happy and memorable one, for news was received of General Grant&#8217;s great victory at Missionary Ridge, and every fort fired a salute, causing spiteful replies from the enemy. [...]]]></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 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>November 8-10, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-11-08] WHO HOLDS FORT SUMTER?; VERY GOOD NEWS, IF TRUE. Reported Surrender of the Work to Our Forces. The Old Flag Once More Waving Over the Ramparts. A Pennsylvania Regiment Garrisoning the Ruins. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. A LATER REPORT FROM THE REBELS. The Bombardment FurisoulyProgressing.
 [1863-11-08] THE REBELLION.
 [1863-11-08] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November 3-6, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-11-03] BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER.; Heavy Firing Opened Last Wednesday. Twelve Hundred and Fifteen Shots Fired During the First 24 Hours. THREE OF THE MONITORS ENGAGED REPORTS FROM THE REBELS
 [1863-11-04] FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR.; The Second Bombardment of Fort Sumter. CONFIRMATION OF THE REBEL REPORTS. The Speedy Destruction of the Work Considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 31, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 36th letter to the Mercury

Mercury, November 11, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Oct. 31, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The past week has been one of active operations here with us. Last Monday at noon, the bombardment of Sumter recommenced with a vigor unparalled in the annals of warfare. By reference to my notes, jotted down as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 25-30, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the renewed bombardment of Ft. Sumter, and the renaming of captured works ( [BBR] pp.133-134):
Our new and old works being in readiness at Cumming&#8217;s Point, what General Gillmore calls the &#8221; second bombardment of Sumter &#8221; was begun October 26. Its purpose was to prevent guns being mounted there, and to cut down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 24, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 35th letter to the Mercury

Mercury, November 3, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Oct. 24, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”We have no news of any great interest, save what would be considered contraband. Items are as scarce as birds&#8217; teeth; and everything and everybody is quiet as a burglar when the police are around. The rebels keep up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 21-22, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-10-21] The Quota of Massachusetts.
 [1863-10-22] OUR MORRIS ISLAND CORRESPONDENCE.; All Quiet&#8211;Admiral Dahlgren Determined to Push Ahead
 [1863-10-22] FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR.; The Position of Our Land and Naval Forces.

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		<title>October 18, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-10-18] CHARLESTON AND PORT ROYAL.
 [1863-10-18] The Negro Soldier Question.

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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 10, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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This is Gooding&#8217;s 33rd letter to the Mercury

Mercury, October 20, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Oct. 10, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The monotony of life was somewhat broken last Monday night, October 5th, by an insane attempt by the rebels to either capture or destroy the Ironsides. Their plans to destroy the vessel were to place torpedoes under her and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October 4-8, 1863</title>
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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 29-30, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-09-29] THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.; Gen. Gillmore Still Mounting Siege Guns.
 [1863-09-30] THE REBELLION.
 [1863-09-30] FROM CHARLESTON HARBOR.; THE PROGRESS OF OPERATIONS. PLANTING GUNS UNDER FIRE&#8230;The Colored Brigade
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		<title>September 26, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 31st letter to the Mercury
Mercury, October 8, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Sept. 26, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”Since my last epistle to the &#8220;elect in Bedford,&#8221; there has nothing very eventful transpired. How long we are doomed to this monotonous state of affairs, I can&#8217;t presume to say; the army has done about all in its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 24-25, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes settling into the (long) siege of Charleston proper ( [BBR] pp.128-130):
Morris Island was ours; but no sooner had the enemy evacuated than Wagner, Gregg, and the intervening ground were daily subjected to a fire from the James and Sullivan&#8217;s Island batteries.
&#8230;
As Forts Wagner and Gregg were ordered to be turned for offensive purposes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 20, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-09-20] OPERATIONS AT CHARLESTON.; Arrival of the McClellan with 100 Prisoners Gen. Gillmore Mounting Siege Guns at Cumming&#8217;s Point to Bombard Charleston.
 [1863-09-20] The Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg.; AN INTERESTING REPORT BY COL. MANN, OF THE THIRTY-NINTH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS.
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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 14-18, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 16, General Quincy Gillmore issue this general order to all of the troops in his command ( [BBR] pp.126-127):
DEPARTMENT OP THE SOUTH,
MORRIS ISLAND, S. C, Sept. 16, 1863.
It is with no ordinary feelings of gratification and pride that the brigadier-general commanding is enabled to congratulate this army upon the signal success which has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 10-13, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-09-10] The Operations in Charleston Harbor.
 [1863-09-10] HIGHLY IMPORTANT.; Glorious Progress of the Operations Against Charleston. CAPTURE OF FORT WAGNER. Evacuation of the Whole of Morris Island by the Rebels.
 [1863-09-10] PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE OPERATIONS; Another Bombardment of Fort Sumter 
 [1863-09-11] OPERATIONS AGAINST CHARLESTON; Nineteen Guns and Seventyfive Men Captured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 31-September 3, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes appoaching climax of the Ft. Wagner siege ( [BBR] pp.116-119):
With our capture of the ridge on the 26th the last natural cover was attained. Beyond for two hundred yards stretched a strip of sand over which the besiegers must advance. It seemed impossible to progress far, as each attempt to do so resulted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 30, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 26th letter to the Mercury
Mercury, September 15, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Aug. 30, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”The past week has developed nothing very stirring that I am aware of, though there may be a number of manufactured &#8220;tales&#8221; in the mail gleanings, or &#8220;the very latest by telegraph.&#8221; But for the information of those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 25-29, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the grinding advance down the beach to Ft. Wagner ( [BBR] pp.114-116):
Captain Partridge about August 23 applied for sick leave and shortly went north. In consequence Captain Emilio again became the senior officer and was at times in charge of the regiment until the middle of October. On the 23d the brigade was [...]]]></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>August 16, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Gooding&#8217;s 24th letter to the Mercury:
Mercury, August 29, 1863 [OAF]
Morris Island, Aug. 16, 1863
Messrs. Editors:
â€”As stringent orders have been recently issued relative to giving information in regard to military matters here, which is a very proper course and necessary, the amount of news is rather meagre, so I will violate no &#8220;General Orders&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 14-15, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYTimes archive links:
 [1863-08-14] MILITARY NEWS TO BE SUPPRESSED.; A STRINGENT ORDER FROM GEN. GILLMORE
 [1863-08-14] The First Pennsylvania Colored Regiment
 [1863-08-14] THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.; Arrival of the Arago, with Advices to the 10th&#8230;
 [1863-08-15] THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.; Official Dispatches from Admiral Dahlgren.
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		<title>August 10-12, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio describes the tedious work of building for the siege( [BBR] p.110):
&#8230; No rain fell from July 18 until August 13, which was favorable for the siege work, as the sand handled was dry and light. This dryness, however, rendered it easily displaced by the wind, requiring constant labor in re-covering magazines, bombproofs, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 8, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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 [1863-08-08] THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON
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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>August 4-5, 1863</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio ( [BBR] p.109):
August 5 the men were informed that the Government was ready to pay them $ 10 per month, less $3 deducted for clothing. The offer was refused, although many had suffering families. About this time a number of men wereÂ detached, or detailed, as clerks, butchers, and as hands on the steamers &#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 1-2, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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 [1863-08-01] Military Affairs.; OBSEQUIES OF GEN. STRONG&#8230;
 [1863-08-01] THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.; OFFICIAL REPORT OF GEN. GILLMORE
 [1863-08-02] The Duty of Colored Men to Enlist.
 [1863-08-02] THE OPERATIONS AT CHARLESTON.; A TRIP UP THE HARBOR ON A FLAG-OF-TRUCE BOAT.
 [1863-08-02] Funeral of Gen. Strong
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		<title>July 25-28, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emilio quotes the dispatches of several newspaper correspondents concerning the performance of the 54th ( [BBR] pp.93-94).  Gen. Strong was wounded in the assault and died on July 30, 1863.
Samuel W. Mason, correspondent of the New York &#8220;Herald,&#8221; on Morris Island, wrote under date of July 19, 1863, of the regiment: â€”
&#8221; I saw [...]]]></description>
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