Massachusetts Governor John Andrew, fearing election loss by supporting Lincoln’s incessant calls for more troops, pushed strongly for equal pay for Southern black men captured in the Sea Islands and credited to his State quota. Though the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth were official Massachusetts regiments, the men were not from Massachusetts. The Second Massachusetts Cavalry were bounty-paid men from California.'
Taking Refuge in the Clouds
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