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A great and a terrible day.
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l could use your help.
:14:13
The governor's proposing to raise
a regiment of Negro soldiers.
:14:17
No, it was not just my idea.
Mr. Douglass has--
:14:22
We'll offer pride and dignity
to those who've known only degradation.
:14:28
Coloured soldiers, Rob.
Just think of it!
:14:32
Wonderful.
:14:33
l've submitted your name
to be commissioned...
:14:36
...colonel of the 54th
Massachusetts lnfantry.
:14:49
Thank you, governor, that's....
:14:52
That's a wonderful idea.
:14:58
Excuse me.
:15:06
Well done, Shaw.
:15:09
-Splendid job, young man.
-Bravo, Robert.
:15:35
What's the matter, Chester?
:15:37
Too much punch?
:15:44
l mean, l know how much you'd like to be
a colonel, but a coloured regiment?
:15:54
You know how unpopular
that would be...
:15:58
...handing out guns to 1 ,000 coloureds?