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Other monuments placed to honor the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry.
By Richard E. Miller, circa 1992
visiting Civil War re-enactors pose at memorial
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | 54th Infantry 55th Infantry 5th Cavalry Massachusetts Volunteer Militia 1863-1865 "With Malice toward None, with Charity for All." Dedicated to the African-American troops who trained here and distinguished themselves in the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m4369) HM |
| | On June 11, 1863 the seaport of Darien was vandalized and burned by Federal forces stationed on nearby St. Simons Island. The town was largely deserted, most of its 500 residents having sought refuge inland. Lost were public buildings, churches, . . . — — Map (db m84005) HM |
| | Site of three Confederate batteries in the initial attack, 1861. Confederate forces evacuated the island September 7, 1863, after a 58-day siege. Federal batteries on Morris Island bombarded Fort Sumter from 1863 to 1865. — — Map (db m19498) HM |
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Gen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 white and Negro Union troops left Georgetown April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroad between Sumter and Camden. Here on April 18, in one of the last engagements of the war, a small force of Confederate . . . — — Map (db m27623) HM |
May. 9, 2024
