![]() ![]() “It was kind of this weird tension had no compromise but also no war. Garrison enlisted in the Civil War over the protestations of his father, who argued that slavery should be ended through peaceful means, says collections specialist Michele Gates-Moresi. Garrison, a white officer leading a unit of black troops, fought in every battle “with an exemplary record” and was said to have led the troops through the streets of captured Charleston, South Carolina, in February 1865, singing the popular Union ballad the “John Brown” song. Garrison, son of the famous abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and an officer with the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, an outfit of black volunteer soldiers. ![]() This well-preserved leather trunk, believed to have been kept for years in an attic before being sold at auction, once belonged to First Lt. (National Museum of African American History and Culture ) ![]()
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