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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XII: the Black regiment (search)
his commission in the 51st Massachusetts, Mr. Higginson went to South Carolina to make sure that the new regiment of freed slaves was really more than a scheme. Satisfied with his survey of the ground, he eagerly accepted General Saxton's offer. When he returned home and announced his decision, a lively niece exclaimed, Will not Uncle Wentworth be in bliss! A thousand men, every one as black as a coal. On his way to take command, when the steamer was nearing Charleston, he wrote, November 23, 1862:— As I approach the mysterious land I am more and more impressed with my good fortune in having this novel and uncertain career open before me . . . . Here is . . . a position of great importance; as many persons have said, the first man who organizes and commands a successful black regiment will perform the most important Service in the history of the war. . . . To say that I would rather do it than anything else in the world is to say little; it is such a masterpiece of felicit