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COLONEL OF THE FIFTY FOURTH REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY. KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER, SOUTH CAROLINA.THE BLACK RANK AND FILE VOLUNTEERS OF THE FIFTY FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERED WHEN DISASTER CLOUDED THE UNION CAUSE-SERVED WITHOUT PAY FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS TILL GIVEN THAT OF WHITE TROOPS-FACED THREATENED ENSLAVEMENT IF CAPTURED-WERE BRAVE IN ACTION-PATIENT UNDER HEAVY AND DANGEROUS LABORS-AND CHEERFUL AMID HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS.