Historical Article: Review of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer by Maj-Gen. Hunter- Creditable Display of the Black Soldiery...
Subject
David Hunter
Title
Historical Article: Review of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer by Maj-Gen. Hunter- Creditable Display of the Black Soldiery...
Date
1/28/1863
Type
Historical Article
Description
Note: See 3rd column, 11th paragraph.
Chronicling America features a January, 28, 1863 article, writer unknown, from the New York Daily Tribune newspaper, about White Union Army General David Hunter's experiment of training Black men in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers Regiment to fight in the Civil War. The review includes the following topics: the writer's descriptive observations of the camp activities, their drills, the men's perceived intellectual capacity, the men's military proficiency. The writer also provides an account of General Hunter's remarks about the soldiers' progress and weapons expected to arrive to arm them.
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Chronicling America features a January, 28, 1863 article, writer unknown, from the New York Daily Tribune newspaper, about White Union Army General David Hunter's experiment of training Black men in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers Regiment to fight in the Civil War. The review includes the following topics: the writer's descriptive observations of the camp activities, their drills, the men's perceived intellectual capacity, the men's military proficiency. The writer also provides an account of General Hunter's remarks about the soldiers' progress and weapons expected to arrive to arm them.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (New York Daily Tribune, NY)
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“Historical Article: Review of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer by Maj-Gen. Hunter- Creditable Display of the Black Soldiery...,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/247.