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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 567

Black History and Civil War. Emilio, Luis F.: A Brave Black Regiment: History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865. Boston, The Boston Book Company, 1891. 8vo, gold imprint on green cloth covers, folding maps and illustrations, 410pp. In January 1863, the Union War Department authorized the creation of "a special corps" composed of "persons of African descent" - the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. After the suicidal charge at Ft. Wagner left most of the unit's ranking officers dead or wounded, Capt. Luis F. Emilio emerged as the regiment's acting commander. In his moving account, Emilio covers the inside history of the 54th from recruitment to disbandment. Gifting note "C. Sargent - Mch 11 1898 / from Julia" taped down on front endpaper, newspaper photo of Emilio pasted in on inside cover. One uncut page with edge tear, Very Good

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