after colonel shaw died, edward hallowell became a colonel and started leading the 54th. under his command, the 54th fought in the battle of olustee. then they were ordered to march to a train station. a train carrying wounded union soldiers had broken down, and the wounded soldiers were in danger of being captured. when the 54th arrived, the men attached ropes to the train pulled the train by hand about to camp finnegan. there, they picked up horses to help pull the train. after that, the soldiers and horses pulled the train to jacksonville, florida. in all, the 54th pulled the train for a total of . this took forty-two hours.