The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-02-04

HECENI LII ERAI U RE.
A BRAVE BLACK REGIMENT. A History OF
the 5ith Mass BY Luis r. Emilio. Published
by the Boston Book Co. Boston. Price So.
This record is the result Of many years spent
by Capt. Emilio, an officer Of the regiment, in
collecting, arranging and compiling material.
For the members Of the regiment and their
friends il will, Of course, have a peculiar value,
and it ought to be intensely interesting TO the
race from which the regiment was recruited.
The author tellsin plain, matter fact way.
without exaggeTatiOn or rhetoric story OF
soldieTy disci pline and achievements Of which
any race might well be proud For those vet
Grams who served in the Department Of the
South, the maps of this volume and the authors
minute accounts Of actions and operations not
elsewhere fully described, will have more than
transient interest Several very fine portraits
accompany the work. The 5lth Mass was one
Of the first col0red regiments to DO organized
IL was carefully Differed and equipped by Gov.
Andrew, who recognized the military as well
a. the political significance Of the experiment.
involved. Ia its first skirmiah on James Is-
land, the bravery and staying qualities Of its
picket-line saved from capture the pickets Of
the 10th Conn. In its Arss severe action (shs
charge on Fort Wagner, July IL, 1868, the
saith lad the charging column. Its COM
msnder, the heroic Col. Robert @. Shaw, fell
on the rampant, and was buried with 30 Of his
men who fell at his side. As many more were
fatally wounded; $50 were less severely
wounded, and 80 more were missing after this
brave bat disastrous charge. In subsequent
service the regiment acquitted itself so well,
with an aggregate loss in action of 500, "a TO
earn place on Col. FOx's list Of 300 Fighting
Regiments"
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This is No. 10 Of the Human Nature Library,
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Capture % Fort Fisher.
The 9th anniversary Of the battle Of Fort
Fisher, North Carolina, was appropriately cello |
brated at Naval Post Hall, Philadelphia, on the |