We had touched the pivot of the war.

Whether this vast and dusky mass should prove the weakness of the nation or its strength, must depend in great measure, we knew, upon our efforts.

Till the blacks were armed, there was no guaranty of their freedom.

It was their demeanor under arms that shamed the nation into recognizing them as men.
APPENDIX Appendix A Roster of Officers FIRST SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS, Afterwards Thirty-Third United States Colored Troops.
Colonels T.W.HIGGINSON, 51st Mass.Vols., Nov.

10, 1862; Resigned, Oct.