His commanding officer, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, wished to promote him to commissioned officer but was prevented by his superiors from doing so because of Rivers' race.
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Along with Robert Sutton, he became a non-commissioned officer in the newly formed 1st South Carolina Volunteers.
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