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Army Life in a Black Regiment

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C.T.TROWBRIDGE, commanding Regiment E.W.HYDE, Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant.
INDEX [page numbers have been retained for the W.W.Norton paperback reprint to show relative location in file.] Index Aiken, William, GOT., 166 Aiken, South Carolina, 249 Allston, Adam, Corp., 103 Andrew, J.A., Gov., 29, 215, 216, sends Emancipation Proclamation to Higginson, 85 Bates, Edward, 275 Battle of the Hundred Pines, 95, 104 Beach, H.A., Lt, 257, 258 Beaufort, South Carolina, 33, 34, 38, 106, 142, 215 Higginson visits, 64 Negro troops march through, 74 picket station near, 134 residents visit camp, 147 Negro troops patrol, 219 Beauregard, P.G.T., Gen., 45, 73 Beecher, H.R., Rev., 241 Bell, Louis, Col., 225 Bennett, W.T., Gen., 249, 255 Bezzard, James, 95 Bigelow, L.F., Lt, 28 Billings, L., Lt.-Col., 255 Bingham, J.M., Lt, 170, 257 Brannan, J.M, Gen., 107 Brisbane, W.H., 60 Bronson, William, Sgt, 260 Brown, A.B., Lt, 258 Brown, John, 29, 45, 61, 76 Brown, John (Negro), 262 Brown, York, 262 Bryant, J.E., Capt, 220 Budd, Lt, 83 Burnside, A.E., Gen., 54, 55 Butler, B.F., Gen., 27 Calhoun, J.C., Capt., 150 Camplife, 30 evening activities, 36-39, 44-49 Casualties, 89 Chamberlin, G.B., Lt., 177, 257 Chamberlin, Mrs., 229 Charleston, South Carolina, attacked, 137, 143, 150 Negro troops in, 249 Charleston and Savannah Railway, 163 Cheever, G.B., Rev., 278 Child, A.Lt, 258 Christmas, 55, 56 Clark, Capt, 84, 89, 102 Clifton, Capt, 100, 101 Clinton, J.B., Lt, 165 Colors, Stands of, 56, 60 Confederates, 35 use spies, 91, 93 attack Negro troops, 86-87, 100-102 threaten to burn Jacksonville, 110 civilians fear Negro troops, 116 retreat, 126-127,142 Connecticut Regiment, Sixth, 122, 124, 126 Seventh, 93 Corwin, B.R., MaJ., 120, 126 Crandall, W.B., Surg., 255 Crum, Simon, Corp., 249 Cushman, James, 241 Danilson, W.H., Maj., 93, 256, Davis, C.I., Lt., 257 Davis., R.M., Lt., 259 Davis, W.W.

H., Gen., 164 Department of the South, 15, 80 quiet, 106 colored troops in, 137 Desertions, 62 Dewhurst, G.W., Adjt, 256 Dewhurst, Mrs., 229 Discipline, need for, 29 Negroes accept, 39 Dolly, George, Capt., 172, 256 Doolittle, J.R., 271 Drill, of Negroes, 46, 51, 245 whites, 64-65 Drinking, absence of, 58 Duncan, Lt.Com., 109, 111 Dupont, S.F., Admiral, 15, 82, 91, 99, 108, 137 Dutch, Capt., 166 Edisto expedition, 163-176, 214 Education, desire for, 48 Emancipation Proclamation, 65 read, 60 sent to Higginson, 85 Fernandina, Florida, 84, 91, 104 Fessenden, W.P., 271, 272 Finnegan, Gen., 115 Fisher, J., Lt., 257 Florida, 221 men under Higginson, 35 slaves know about Lincoln, 46 refugees from, 49 Foraging, 99, 104, 117, 120 restraint in, 96-97 in Florida, 221 Fowler, J.H., Chap., 59, 119, 221, Fremont, J.C., Gen., 46, 61 French, J., Rev., 60, 123 Furman, J.T., Lt, 258 Gage, F.D., Mrs., 61 Garrison, W.L., 236 Gaston, William, Lt., 257 Gilmore, Q.A., Gen., 176, 224, 226, 228 writes on Charleston, 163 approves Edisto expedition, 164 Goldsborough, Commodore, 231, Goodell, J.B., Lt., 28 Goodrich, F.S., Lt., 258, 259 Gould, E.Corp., 261 Gould, F.M., Lt, 258 Greeley, Horace, 164 Greene, Sgt, 125 Hallett, Capt, 80, 81, 261 Hallowell, E.N., Gen., 216, 230, Hamburg, South Carolina, 249 Hartwell, A.S., Gen., 272 Hawks, J.M., Surg., 256 Hawley, J.R., Gen., 93,102,114 Hayne, H.E., Sgt., 249 Hazard, Miles, 262 Heasley, A, Capt., 220, 256 Heron, Charles, 126 Hilton Head, 32 Higginson visits, 106 troops on duty at, 214 Hinton, R.J., Col., 264 Holden, Lt, 126 Hooper, C.W., Capt., 154, 226, 256, 257, 258 Hospital, camp, 56, 63 Howard University, 250 Hughes, Lt.Com., 91, 93, 94 Hunter, David., Gen.-28, 35, 40, 62, 80, 124, 130, 131, 138, 164, 260, 261, 263 takes Negro sgt to N.Y., 73 visits camp, 76 speaks to Negro troops, 76 Higginson confers with, 106 orders evacuation of Jacksonville, 107 attacks Charleston, 137 goes North, 150 Hyde, E.W., Lt, 258, 259, 279 Hyde, W.H., Lt, 89, 257 Jackson, A.W., Capt, 87, 89, 256, 257, 258 Jacksonville, Florida Confederates threaten to burn, 110 Higginson's men reach, 112-113 description of, 114-115 order to evacuate, 130 attempts to bum, 130-131 James, William, Capt., 96,165,256 Jekyll Island, 83 Johnston, J.F., Lt, 257 Jones, Lt., 89 Kansas, 29, 43, 64 Kemble, Fanny, 82, 261 Kennon, Clarence, Cpl., 262 King, T.B., 82 Lambkin, Prince, Cpl., 45, 116 Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, 56 Lincoln, Abraham, 46, 238 London Spectator, 76 Long, Thomas, CpL, 240 Mclntyre, H., Sgt., 85, 86, 239 Maine, 43 Maine Regiment, Eighth, 75, 123, 124, 126 Manning, B.H., Lt, 259 Maroons, 235, 237 Massachusetts Regiment, First, 139 Fifty-Fourth, 27, 215, 232 Meeker, L., Maj., 122, 126 Merriam, E.C., Capt, 256, 257 Metcalf, L.W., Capt, 85, 87, 96, 220, 256 Miller family, 234 Minor, T.T, Surg., 87, 256 Mitchell, O.M., Gen., 263 Montgomery, James, Col., 114, 120, 130, 264 enters Jacksonville, 112 river raid led by, 120, 129, 164 Moses, Acting Master, 83 Mulattoes, 33, 42, 234 pass for white, 49-50 Music, troops play, 47, 187-213 Negro soldiers visited, 30 work at night, 38-39 as sentinels, 42, 66-69 honor and fidelity, 66 march to Beaufort, 74-75 conduct under fire, 86-87, 100-101, 128-129 treatment of whites by, 116 on picket duty, 133 on raid up Edisto, 167-176 appraisal of, 231-247 from North and South compared, Negro spirituals, 187-213 Negroes, traits of, 66, 69-71 physical condition of, 72, 246 set free by Higginson's men, 166-169 New Hampshire Regiment, Fourth, 139, 225 New Year's celebration, 55, 56, 57-61 New York, 34 Officers, white, 51 O'Neil, J.B., Lt., 257 Osborne, Lt., 220 Parker, C.E., Lt., 257 Parker, N.B., Capt., 256, 257, 258 Parsons, William, 89 Phillips, Wendell, 118, 236 Pomeroy, J., Lt, 257 Port Royal, 82, 83, 124 capture of, 164 as winter camp, 177 new camp at, 215 objective of Sherman, 247 Ramsay, Allan, 209 Randolph, W.J., Capt, 120, 256 Rebels.

See Confederates Religious activities, 47, 48, 240-241 Rivers, Prince, Sgt., 61,75,245,249 qualities of, 73, 78 plants colors, 99 Robbins, E.W., Capt, 256, 257, Roberts, Samuel, 231 Rogers, J.S., Capt, 103, 173, 250, 256 Rogers, Seth, Surg., 89, 103, 255 Rust, J.D., Col., 124, 125,126,131 Sammis, Col., 49 St.Simon's Island, 83, 84 Sampson, W.W., Capt, 170, 256, Savannah, Georgia, 115, 249 Saxton, M.W., Lt., 258 Saxton, Rufus, Gen., 29, 55, 58, 59, 61,70,76,80,88,102,108, 143, 164, 216, 224, 225, 229, 232, 235, 261, 263, 267, 269, 270, 273 offers command to Higginson, 78 Higginson reports to, 33 issues proclamation, 34 receives recruits, 40 speaks on New Year's program, Negroes idolize, 66 speaks to troops, 76 initiates plans for Shaw monument, 217 Christmas party, 219 Searles, J.M., Lt., 259 Sears, Capt., 94 Selvage, J.M., Lt, 258 Serrell, E.W., Col., 260 Seward, W.H., 238 Seymour, T., Gen., 132, 228 Shaw, R.G., Col., 170, 264, 278 camp named for, 215 Higginson meets, 216 killed, 217 Sherman, W.T., Gen., 170, 247 Showalter, Lt.-Col, 128 "Siege of Charleston," 163 Simmons, London, Cpl., 245 Slavery, effect of, 38, 244 Smalls, Robert, Capt, 33, 80 Songs, Negro, 136, 187-213 South Carolina, 29 men under Higginson, 35, 40 man reads Emancipation Proclamation, 59-60 South Carolina Volunteers, First, 27, 237 order to Florida countermanded, 225 becomes Thirty-third U.S.Colored Troops, 248 South Carolina Volunteers, Second, 27, 126, 264 Sprague, A.B.

R., Col., 28 Stafford, Col., 264 Stanton, E.M., 266 Steedman, Capt, 130 Stevens, Capt, 83 Stevens, Thaddeus, 272, 273 Stickney, Judge, 61, 106, 114 Stockdale, W, Lt, 257 Stone, H.A., Lt, 257 Strong, J.D., Lt.-Col., 80, 121, 126, 172, 174, 175, 255 Stuard, E.S., Surg., 256 Sumner, Charles, 268 Sunderland, Col., 113 Sutton, Robert, Sgt, 61, 88, 94, 95, 188 character of, 78-79 leads men, 85-86 wounded, 90 exhibits slave jail, 97-98 court-martialed, 104 Thibadeau, J.H., Capt, 257 Thompson, J.M., Capt, 256, 257 Tirrell, A.H., Lt, 258 Tobacco, use of, 58 Tonking, J.H., Capt, 256 Trowbridge, C.T., Lt-Col., 164, 167, 169, 175, 226, 231, 235, 243, 245, 249, 255, 256, 260, 262, 263, 272, 277-279 commands "Planter," 80,103 and men construct Ft Montgomery, 121 on river raid, 165 Trowbridge, J.A., Lt, 257, 258 Tubman, Harriet 37 Twichell, J.F., Lt-CoL, 123, 126 Virginia Vendross, Robert, Cpl., 249 Walker, G.D., Capt, 257 Walker, William, Sgt., 267, 274 War Department, 40, 93 Washington, William, 44 Watson, Lt., 109 Webster, Daniel, 27 Weld, S.M., 216 West, H.C., Lt, 258 West, J.B., Lt, 257, 258 White, E.P., Lt, 257 White, N.S, Capt, 256, 258, 259 Whiting, William, 269, 270, 274, 275 Whitney, H.A., Maj, 170, 220, 255, 256 Wiggins, Cyrus, 250 Williams, Harry, Sgt., 220 Williams, Col., 264 Wilson, Henry, 268, 271 Wilson family, 233 Wood, H., Lt, 258, 25?
Wood, W.J., Maj., 267 Woodstock, Georgia, 95 Wright, Gen., 107, 112 Wright, Fanny, 234 Yellow Fever, fear of, 74 Zachos, Dr., 41.


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