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Susie King Taylor served as a nurse in the 33rd USCT for three years, while simultaneously working as a laundress and teaching children and soldiers to read.

One of the few pictures of the 1st SCV in Beaufort, likely at Camp Saxton. Photographer unknown.

The U.S. Army has uploaded the book in its entirety to its website. This scholarly work explores the USCT as a whole during this period.

A collage of 64 members of the 1868 South Carolina legislature. They are dubbed "Radical" and attention is brought to their earnings and literacy in order to disparage this new group of congressmen. Prince Rivers is far left, four rows down. It is…

Thomas Wentworth Higginson's account of the time he spent with the 1st SCV during the Civil War.

The only account of a Civil War nurse that was written by a Black woman, Susie King Taylor's Reminiscences provide invaluable knowledge of the 1st SCV, its soldiers, officers, and movements.

Seth Rogers describes his time as a surgeon for the 1st SCV. His letters are transcribed and hosted by Florida History Online. Click the title to access.

In this report of the Pennsylvania Relief Association, a report comes in from Beaufort in which there are several speeches recorded.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper devoted several pages to the 1st SCV in this issue. The captions for the three images are as follows:
1. Company A of the 1st South Carolinian (Colored) Union Volunteers Taking the Oath of Allegiance to the U.S.…

One of four panels in an issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Depicts Camp Saxton, the headquarters of the 1st SCV on Port Royal Island.