American Civil War: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor of Massachusetts">Governor of Massachusetts</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Albion_Andrew" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Albion Andrew">John Albion Andrew</a> receives permission from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Secretary of War">Secretary of War</a> to raise a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Militia">militia</a> organization for men of African descent.<sup about="#mwt96" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_26#cite_note-16" id="mwiQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwig">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt93" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFEmilio1891"><a href="./Luis_F._Emilio" id="mwCEY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luis F. Emilio">Emilio, Luis Fenollosa</a> (1891). <a class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/historyoffiftyfo00emil" id="mwCEc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCEg">History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863–1865 (2nd Edition, Revised and Correct, with Appendix upon Treatment of Colored Prisoners of War)</i></a>. Boston, MA: The Boston Book Company. p.<span id="mwCEk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>2.</cite><span about="#mwt93" class="Z3988" id="mwCEo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=History+of+the+Fifty-Fourth+Regiment+of+Massachusetts+Volunteer+Infantry%2C+1863%E2%80%931865+%282nd+Edition%2C+Revised+and+Correct%2C+with+Appendix+upon+Treatment+of+Colored+Prisoners+of+War%29&amp;rft.place=Boston%2C+MA&amp;rft.pages=2&amp;rft.pub=The+Boston+Book+Company&amp;rft.date=1891&amp;rft.aulast=Emilio&amp;rft.aufirst=Luis+Fenollosa&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fhistoryoffiftyfo00emil&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+26"></span></span>