1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)

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The 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) was one of the first officially recognized African American regiments in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American infantry regiment ⓘ
Union Army regiment ⓘ
United States Colored Troops precursor unit ⓘ
activeDuringYear 1862 ⓘ
1863 ⓘ
1864 ⓘ
1865 ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1st South Carolina (African Descent) ⓘ
1st South Carolina Colored Infantry ⓘ
category African-American military units and formations of the American Civil War ⓘ
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 ⓘ
Military units and formations established in 1862 ⓘ
commanderRank Colonel ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
convertedTo 33rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed 1862 ⓘ
disbanded 1865 ⓘ
engagedIn expeditions along the coasts and rivers of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida ⓘ
raids into Confederate-held territory in coastal South Carolina ⓘ
skirmishes along the Sea Islands region ⓘ
ethnicComposition African American soldiers ⓘ
formedFrom escaped slaves from South Carolina and nearby states ⓘ
formerly enslaved African Americans ⓘ
garrison Port Royal, South Carolina ⓘ
governedBy United States Army regulations for colored troops after formal recognition ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
notableCommander Rufus Saxton ⓘ
Thomas Wentworth Higginson ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first officially recognized African American regiments in the Union Army ⓘ
officerComposition white officers ⓘ
organizedAt Port Royal, South Carolina ⓘ
organizedBy United States War Department ⓘ
organizedIn South Carolina ⓘ
precededBy unofficial black units raised earlier in the war ⓘ
primaryFunction combat operations and raids ⓘ
liberation of enslaved people in Confederate territory ⓘ
raisedUnderAuthorityOf Union Department of the South ⓘ
recruitmentArea Florida ⓘ
Sea Islands of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Sea Islands

coastal Georgia ⓘ
relatedTo 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment ⓘ
United States Colored Troops ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
significance contributed to broader acceptance of black enlistment in the Union Army ⓘ
helped demonstrate the effectiveness of African American soldiers in combat ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Department of the South ⓘ
coastal South Carolina ⓘ

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson → commanded → 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) ⓘ
Thomas Wentworth Higginson → militaryUnit → 1st South Carolina Volunteers ⓘ
subject linked to: Higginson
linked to: 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)
Army Life in a Black Regiment → depicts → First South Carolina Volunteers ⓘ
linked to: 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)
1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union) → alsoKnownAs → 1st South Carolina (African Descent) ⓘ
linked to: 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union)