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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XII: the Black regiment (search)
ment was ordered to Florida, and all was excited anticipation. The Colonel wrote home:— The expedition is a very powerful one–where I went with 1000 men Gen. Seymour goes with 10,000 including 3 brigades of infantry, eight batteries and 2 mounted regiments. It is not therefore expected that it will take much fighting to rethen moving in next day, full of hopes of Florida—hopes checked by Gen. S.'s remonstrance—then a definite order to go when the 4th N. H. came and to report to Gen. Seymour at Jacksonville—then arrived the 4th N. H. but no transportation for us— then came the Delaware and we were ordered on board—then Gen. S. played his last card at present, for a campaign. The Colonel wrote to a Worcester friend, Do you know how near we came to being in that infinitely disastrous and useless defeat of Seymour's in Florida? As senior colored regiment, we should have had a prominent place in the fight and suffered as badly as any. He mourned that they had missed