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	<title>Written in Glory &#187; St. Helena Island</title>
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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 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 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>July 21, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephens describes the James Island action and the assault on Ft. Wagner in his fifth letter to the Weekly Anglo-African:
Morris Island, S.C., [VT]
July 21,1863.
Mr. Editor:
The month of July has been an eventful one for the 54th. We left our camp at St. Helena on theâ€”inst., and landed at James Island on theâ€”, fought the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 7, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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A letter, dated the 6th, from Shaw to Brigade commander Brig. Gen. George C. Strong:

ST. HELENA ISLAND, July 6, 1863.  [BBR],p.49
BRIG.-GEN. GEORGE C. STRONG.
GENERAL, â€” I did not pay my respects to you before you left this post because I did not wish to disturb you when making your preparations for departure.
I desire, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 6, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A letter from Charles Douglass to his father Frederick Douglass â€”Â Charles originally enlisted in the 54th, but transferred to the 55th Mass. as it was forming in May, and later in 1864, transferred to the 5th Massachusets Cavalry (colored), a dismounted unit; together with a long letter from Shaw to his wife:
Readville Camp Meigs
July 6th [...]]]></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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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>July 3, 1863</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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A letter from Shaw to his friend and former fellow office from the 2nd Massachusetts, Charles Fessneden Morse.  On this day, Morse was fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg with the 2nd Massachusetts.  He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on the day following. Today was the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

St. [...]]]></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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