1st South Carolina / 33 Rd U.S. Colored Troops Records, ca. 1847-1923, 1983 (bulk 1850s-1860s)

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1st South Carolina / 33 Rd U.S. Colored Troops Records, ca. 1847-1923, 1983 (bulk 1850s-1860s)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0d5n99qh

1 linear foot; (1 document box and 4 map folders)

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University of California, Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections.

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United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1864-1866)

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The First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry was first organized in the Department of the South by General David Hunter at Hilton Head, South Carolina, in May of 1862. This first effort to form a black regiment met with failure, initially due to two significant causes: first, Hunter had not received authorization from the War Department in Washington allowing the formation of Black Units, and Second, the recruits were involuntarily inducted into the regiment in a manner reminiscent o...