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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)
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 9 : Morris Island . (search)
Chapter 9: Morris Island.
Our voyage from Florida terminated at Stono Inlet on the morning of April 18.
The steamer thence proceeded up Folly River, but running aground, the leftwing companies were transferred to the steamer Canonicus. Disembarking at Pawnee Landing about 3 P. M., the Fifty-fourth at once marched to Lighthouse Inlet in a heavy rain-storm, and there crossed on a large flat boat to Morris Island.
Shelter for the night was provided in the ordnance building for the men, the officers finding accommodations with friends.
That evening Captain Emilio was ordered to command the outpost of Black Island with Companies C, E, and H, as the garrison.
Camp was established where the receding sand-hills formed a sort of natural amphitheatre, at a point about a mile up the beach, near the signal hill.
There the regiment remained during its continuance on Morris Island.
A company was sent to Fort Wagner that evening, and the next day suffered the loss of one man, killed by
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Index. (search)