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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
aft should ever have been made in Massachusetts, because the State had more than filled her quotas upon previous calls by voluntary enlistments, and, as will be seen, filled all subsequent calls without resort to a draft, and came out of the war with a surplus of 13,083 men. The second colored regiment (Fifty-fifth) left the State July 21, embarking at Boston in transports for Morehead City, N. C., where it arrived July 25. On the 29th, it was ordered to South Carolina, and arrived at Folly Island, in that State, Aug. 3. There had been some question in regard to the destination of this regiment. It was the wish of the Governor to have it sent to South Carolina, where the Fifty-fourth then was. On July 11, the Governor received from the Secretary of War this despatch:— Various circumstances indicate the necessity of relieving the troops at New Orleans, and substituting for them troops of African descent. This will be done as far as possible by the organization of troops alr