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Document I: Primary Source - Robert Gould Shaw Letters

Stafford Court-House, Va. Feb. 4, 1863 My Dear Annie,

Your two letters, of the 25th and 29th of January, have reached me at last, and I was glad enough to get

them. By this time you are on your way to New York, where you will find my last letter. I sent it to Father,

thinking that you were going to Susie's.

I did not read General Hitchcock's testimony in McDowell's case [The court-martial of Fitz John Porter

(November 25, 1862 - January 22, 1863) was a major event of the American Civil War. Major General Fitz John Porter

was found guilty of disobeying a lawful order, and misconduct in front of the enemy and removed from command based on

internal political machinations of the Union]. Holt's summing up of the testimony for and against Porter, seemed

to me very poor, for a man of his ability; and if I could persuade myself that the court (composed as it was,

of officers of honourable standing) could be dishonest, I should think there had been foul play. Several

officers have been dismissed for uttering the like sentiments [Allegedly, Porter told General George McClellan at

Antietam, "Remember, General, I command the last reserve of the last Army of the Republic." McClellan failed to achieve a

total victory at Antietam. Two and a half weeks later, on November 25, without the protection of his friend as commander of

the army, Porter was arrested and relieved of command.]; so

I think I had better keep my opinion to myself. I was much surprised to hear, the other day, from a regular

officer in Porter's Corps, that, though they considered the latter a fine officer, he was not personally liked. I

have hitherto heard just the contrary.

We are tolerably comfortable here now, as our log-huts are going up again, and we have come across a

sutler who furnishes the officers with means to keep a very good mess.

Father has just left here. He came down yesterday, and brought me an offer from Governor Andrew of the

Colonelcy of his new black regiment.3 The Governor considers it a most important command; and I could

not help feeling, from the tone of his letter, that he did me a great honour in offering it to me. My Father

will tell you some of the reasons why I thought I ought not to accept it. If I had taken it, it would only have

been from a sense of duty; for it would have been anything but an agreeable task. Please tell me, without

reserve, what you think about it; for I am very anxious to know. I should have decided much sooner than I

did, if I had known before. I am afraid Mother will think I am shirking my duty; but I had some good

practical reasons for it, besides the desire to be at liberty to decide what to do when my three years have

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Stafford C. H., Va. Feb.8, 1863

Dear Annie,

You know by this time, perhaps, that I have changed my mind about the black regiment. After Father left,

I began to think I had made a mistake in refusing Governor Andrew's offer. Mother has telegraphed to me

that you would not disapprove of it, and that makes me feel much more easy about having taken it. Going

for another three years is not nearly so bad a thing for a colonel as a captain; as the former can much more

easily get a furlough. Then, after I have undertaken this work, I shall feel that what I have to do is to prove

that a negro can be made a good soldier, and, that being established, it will not be a point of honour with

me to see the war through, unless I really occupied a position of importance in the army. Hundreds of men

might leave the army, you know, without injuring the service in the slightest degree...