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- 1863.9 + (<p>The US had captured the Sea Islan … <p>The US had captured the Sea Island area of SC in 1861, and a group of anti-slavery advocates from Massachusetts ventured south to help educate former slaves in the region. In a letter home from “H.W.,” described as the sister of a Harvard man just out of college, wrote about seeing, on March 3, 1863, what she called “real war camps.” She listed daily work duties, and added, “in almost every camp we saw some men playing ball.” It appears the trip’s objective was “the 24<sup>th</sup>,” which seems to have been the 24<sup>th</sup> MA, where a cousin James was to be found.</p>s to be found.</p>)