. Crisis. EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.(One of the panels of the Schurz monument.). DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY AND FRIENDSOF HUMAN RIGHT. T KNOW not -where, in all human history,-*• to any given thousand men in armsthere has been committed a work at once soproud, so precious, so full of hope andglorj, said Gov. John A. Andrews, of theFifty-fourth Regiment of MassachusettsInfantry, the regiment of black men whosevainly and long proffered arms it was hisl^rivilege to accept in the supreme hour oftheir countrys need. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts leftBoston May ^28, 1863. Their first engage-ment took place at
. Crisis. EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.(One of the panels of the Schurz monument.). DEFENDERS OF LIBERTY AND FRIENDSOF HUMAN RIGHT. T KNOW not -where, in all human history,-*• to any given thousand men in armsthere has been committed a work at once soproud, so precious, so full of hope andglorj, said Gov. John A. Andrews, of theFifty-fourth Regiment of MassachusettsInfantry, the regiment of black men whosevainly and long proffered arms it was hisl^rivilege to accept in the supreme hour oftheir countrys need. The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts leftBoston May ^28, 1863. Their first engage-ment took place at James Island, S. C,July 16. Two days later, at Fort Wagner,the bajonets of these black men prickedthe name of Colonel Shaw into the roll ofimmortal honor; and, in pricking, thirty ofthem, including their • gallant young com-mander, camped on the bivouac of thedead. • The total casualties at Fort Wagneramounted to 266. A large percentage ofthese soon answered the last roll call. In thehands of the wounded Sergeant Carney, theold flag never touched the ground at For
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