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Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33d United States colored troops, late 1st S. C. Volunteers

Chapter 17: XII THE WOMEN’S RELIEF CORPS
By Susie King Taylor
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The author recounts her life from childhood to postwar, focusing on service during the Civil War with an early regiment of Black soldiers; she describes camp life as a regimental laundress, nurse, and teacher, daily routines, military expeditions, episodes such as Camp Saxton and the capture of Charleston, a castaway episode, and the regiment's mustering out. The narrative intersperses family history, reflections on postwar conditions, involvement with veterans' relief organizations, and practical details like rosters and battle listings, complemented by illustrations.

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THE WOMEN’S RELIEF CORPS

All this time my interest in the boys in blue had not abated. I was still loyal and true, whether they were black or white. My hands have never left undone anything they could do towards their aid and comfort in the twilight of their lives. In 1886 I helped to organize Corps 67, Women’s Relief Corps, auxiliary to the G. A. R., and it is a very flourishing corps to-day. I have been Guard, Secretary, Treasurer for three years, and in 1893 I was made President of this corps, Mrs. Emily Clark being Department President this year. In 1896, in response to an order sent out by the Department W. R. C. to take a census to secure a complete roster of the Union Veterans of the war of the Rebellion now residing in Massachusetts, I was allotted the West End district, which (with the assistance of Mrs. Lizzie L. Johnson, a member of Corps 67, and widow of a soldier of the 54th Mass. Volunteers) I canvassed with splendid success, and found a great many comrades who were not attached to any post in the city or State.

In 1898 the Department of Mass. W. R. C. gave a grand fair at Music Hall. I made a large quilt of red, white, and blue ribbon that made quite a sensation. The quilt was voted for and was awarded to the Department President, Mrs. E. L. W. Waterman, of Boston.