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Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 1: recruiting. (search)
tand the effect of a Southern climate without injury; an experiment which the sooner we prove unsuccessful, the sooner we shall establish an important truth and rid ourselves of a false hope. From first to last the original officers exercised a controlling influence in the regiment. To them—field, staff, and line—was largely due whatever fame was gained by the Fifty-fourth as the result of efficient leadership in camp or on the battlefield. In his Memoirs of Governor Andrew the Hon. Peleg W. Chandler writes:— When the first colored regiment was formed, he [Governor Andrew] remarked to a friend that in regard to other regiments, he accepted men as officers who were sometimes rough and uncultivated, but these men, he said, shall be commanded by officers who are eminently gentlemen. So much for the selection of officers. When it came to filling the ranks, strenuous efforts were required outside the State, as the colored population could not furnish the number required eve<
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Index. (search)
Casualties—general— James Island, 63; assault Wagner, 88; siege Wagner, 126; attempt on Sumter, 128; Olustee, 172; James Island, 216; Honey Hill, 252; Devaux's Neck, 258. Casualties—in regiment—James Island, 63; assault Wagner, 90, 91; siege Wagner, 126; Olustee, 173; James Island, 204, 205; Honey Hill, 252; Boykin's Mills, 304. Catskill, monitor, 111. Cedar Run, Fla., 175, 176, 178,183. Celebration of Emancipation, 144. Cezar, G. G., 163, 232. Champlin, Jason, 183. Chandler, Peleg W., 8. Chaplains, 118, 149, 232. Charleston, S. C., 36, 54, 109, 112,113, 114, 120, 133, 135, 139, 141, 143, 145, 190, 194, 195, 199, 207, 215, 219, 222, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 232, 233, 235, 240, 264, 267, 270, 275, 277, 279, 280, 281, 284, 288, 289, 295, 305, 309, 310, 311, 312. Charleston and Savannah Railroad, 52, 193, 199, 238, 240, 256, 258, 259, 262, 264, 270, 274, 275, 277, 281. Charleston bombarded, 112, 133, 139, 141, 143, 145, 190, 225, 233. Charleston, Confederate