“If you wish to know hell before your time,' a Confederate officer wrote, 'go to Saint Simons Island and be hunted for ten days' by colored troops.” Black HistoryUs HistoryUs Civil WarUnited States Colored TroopsUsct Book:Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956 Source: Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956
“One company stayed on without pay. The men, contrabands from Georgia, went to Saint Simons Island to help garrison the island. Proud to be the last soldiers in Hunter's regiment, they hunted invading rebels in dense palmetto thickets.” Black HistoryUs HistoryGullahUnited States Colored TroopsUsct Book:Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956 Source: Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956