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Letter from John A. Andrew to Francis Shaw, 30 January 1863
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Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew appointed Robert Gould Shaw to command the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first regular army regiment of African American soldiers raised in the North during the Civil War. In this letter to Shaw's father, Andrew explained the importance of the regiment and his reasons for choosing Shaw.