Bibliography for Researching
The lst South Carolina Infantry (African Descent)
NOTE: Organized 31 Jan l863; redesignated 33d U.S. Colored Inf
(which see) 8 Feb l864.
Carret, Hannah T. Tributes of Respect and Love from Associates
and Friends, Read at the Friends'
Meeting House on Silsbee Street, Lynn, Mass. May 30, l906,
in Honor of the Late Dr. Esther H. Hawks. Lynn, MA: Boy's
Club Pr, l906. 31 p. E625T74.1906.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.
Vol. 2. Dayton, OH:
Morningside, 1979. Ref.
See p. 1636 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the
regiment's service.
Higginson, Thomas W. Army Life in a Black Regiment. NY:
Norton, l984. 287 p.
E492.94.33d.H53.1984.
Meyer, Howard H. Colonel of the Black Regiment: The Life
of Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
NY: Norton, l967. 346 p. E467.1H53M49.1967.
Schwartz, Gerald., ed. A Woman Doctor's Civil War; Esther
Hill Hawks' Diary. Columbia, SC:
Univ of SC Press, l984. 301 p. E621H36.1984.
Covers both 1st & 3d SC.
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