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Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 5: the greater assault on Wagner. (search)
ost brilliant of Southern advocates, the Union-loving and noble Nelson Mitchell, of Charleston, who, with a courage rarely equalled, fearlessly assumed the self-imposed task. Thenceforth never noticed, this devoted man died a few months after in Charleston, neglected and in want, because of this and other loyal acts. For months no list could be obtained of the Fifty-fourth prisoners, the enemy absolutely refusing information. After long imprisonment in Charleston jail, they were taken to Florence stockade, and were finally released in the spring of 1865. The best attainable information shows that the survivors then numbered some twenty-seven, some of whom rejoined the regiment, while others were discharged from parole camps or hospitals. Colonel Shaw's fate was soon ascertained from those who saw him fall, and in a day or two it was learned from the enemy that his body had been found, identified, and, on July 19, buried with a number of his colored soldiers. The most circumsta
hile at Columbia, S. C., General Sherman sent and destroyed the railroad to Kingsville and the Wateree Bridge. From Cheraw he broke the railroad trestles toward Florence as far as Darlington, and the enemy burned the railroad bridge over the Pedee. Between Florence and Sumterville was a vast amount of rollingstock thus hemmed inFlorence and Sumterville was a vast amount of rollingstock thus hemmed in. Sherman, considering that this should be destroyed before the roads could be repaired, and that the food supplies in that section should be exhausted, wrote General Gillmore from Fayetteville, N. C., directing him to execute this work. He suggested that Gillmore's force be twenty-five hundred men, lightly equipped, to move fromd by Lieutenant Whitney, secretary of the Association of Officers Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, their bodies were removed to the National Cemetery at Florence, S. C. Lieutenant Stevens was a genial comrade and brave officer. He must have been the last officer, or one of the very last officers, killed in action during the
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
te, Ind. 12 May 63; died pris. 20 Dec 64 Florence, S. C. Captd 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Bancrrborne. 10 Mch 63; died pris. 20 Feb 65 Florence, S. C. Captd 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. HinesChester, Pa. 9 Mch 63; died pris. Jan 65 Florence, S. C. Captd. 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Armladelphia. 14 Mch 63; died pris. Jan 65 Florence, S. C. Captd 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Williy, N. Y. 21 Apl 63; died pris. 12 Feb 65 Florence, S. C. Captd 18 Jly 63 Morris Id. S. C. $50. tford, Conn. 3 Apl 63; died pris. Feb 65 Florence, S. C. Captd 12 Nov 63 No. Edisto, S. C. $50. ster, N. Y. 29 Mch 63; died pris. Feb 65 Florence, S. C. Captd 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Hutchalls, N. Y. 14 Apl 63, died pris. Feb 65 Florence, S. C. Wounded and captd 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $ton, Pa. 21 Apl 63; died pris. 20 Feb 65 Florence, S. C. Captd 16 Jly 63 James Id, S. C. $50. Sance, O. 12 May 63; died pris. 12 Jan 65 Florence, S. C. Wounded and captd 16 Jly 63 James Id. S.
unded; died a prisoner, Jan. 12, 1865, at Florence, S. C. An account of the action published iCo. A; died a prisoner, Feb. 20, 1865, at Florence, S. C. Hurley, Nathaniel. Private, Co. E; died a prisoner, in Feb. 1865, at Florence, S. C. Kirk, Henry. Private, Co. H; wounded; exchangeunded; died a prisoner, in Feb., 1865, at Florence, S. C. States, Daniel. Private, Co. B, woundnes. On or about that date they were sent to Florence. States says they were taken there about Decsufferings of the Yankee prisoners at Florence, South Carolina. In the name of all that is holy, ed on their breasts. During their stay at Florence the lot of our colored prisoners seems to hav At one time some 15,000 prisoners were in Florence stockade. In January, 1865, 7500 were confin There were some fifty-four, and all went to Florence. Were two months and nineteen days at FlorenFlorence. On March 4, 1865, the last lot were paroled; some had left before. The number of prisoners [11 more...]
311, 312, 315, 316, 317. Fenollosa, Manuel, 15. Fernandina and Cedar Keys Railroad, 155. Ferris, T. C., 135. Fessenden, C. B. H., 10. Fessenden, William P., 180,181. Field, Henry A., 59. Field, James T., 16. Fifty-fifth Mass. organized, 24. Finegan, Joseph, 154, 157, 159, 171, 173, 175. Firemen of Charleston, 194. Fisk, John B., 234. Flags of regiment, 24, 25, 73, 77, 81, 84, 89, 131, 166, 202, 248. Fletcher, Francis H., 13. Flore, blockade runner, steamer, 233. Florence, S. C., 289. Florence National Cemetery, 305. Florence Prison, 97. Florida, 148, 184, 185, 186. Florida Expedition, 148, 150, 156. Florida House, 178. Florida Troops. Cavalry: Second, 154, 155. Infantry: Second Battalion, 161. Sixth Battalion, 161,165. Folly Island, S. C., 48, 51, 52, 65, 108, 110, 134, 141, 146, 197, 199, 221, 234. Folly River, 67, 186. Forbes, John M., 11. Foster, John G., 193, 194, 195, 196, 199, 208, 211, 213, 217, 218, 230, 236, 238, 253, 261, 262, 270, 272,