Shaw, Robert Gould Personalities Civil War Wars United States North America By Region

Robert Gould Shaw was the son of a prominent Boston abolitionist family. He was serving as a captain in the 2nd Massachusetts when, at age 26, he was appointed colonel of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts , the first Black regiment of troops organized in a northern state.In 1863, he led his regiment in an assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina, where he perished, along with one-quarter of his troops. He was buried in a common grave along with the Black soldiers he commanded.

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• - Black and white photograph.
  
• - Brief overview, vital statistics and links to related sites.
  
• - Online tour of the cast bronze piece commemorating Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment.
  
• - Overview of the Bostonian who led the 54th Massachusetts.
  
• - Letter from Colonel Shaw to his wife, dated July 9, 1863.
  
• - Reprint of the chromolithograph, "Storming Fort Wagner", by Louis Kurz and Alexander Allison, printed in 1890.
  
• - High-relief bronze memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens located on Boston Common.
  
• - Extensive look at the man and the soldier.
  
  

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