Robert Gould Shaw

Shaw in May 1863 Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into a Boston upper class abolitionist family, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast. Supporting the promised equal treatment for his troops, he encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to that of white troops' wage.

He led his regiment at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863. They attacked a beachhead near Charleston, South Carolina, and Shaw was shot and killed while leading his men to the parapet of the Confederate-held fort. Although the regiment was overwhelmed by firing from the defenses and driven back, suffering many casualties, Shaw's leadership and the regiment became legendary. They inspired hundreds of thousands more African Americans to enlist for the Union, helping to turn the tide of the war to its ultimate victory. Shaw's efforts and that of the 54th Massachusetts regiment were dramatized in the 1989 Oscar-winning film ''Glory''. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Blue-eyed child of fortune : the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw /

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    Letters /
    by Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
    Published 1876

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    Blue-eyed child of fortune the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw /
    by Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
    Published 1992

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    Mathematics examination :

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    Letters /
    by Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
    Published 1864

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    Letters
    by Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
    Published 1864

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    Blue-eyed child of fortune : the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw /
    by Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
    Published 1992

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    Robert Gould Shaw letters to his family and other papers,

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    Glory /

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    Soldier's letters, from camp, battle-field and prison ..
    by Post, Lydia Minturn, Ayres, James R., fl. 1864, Bennett, Oscar, 1845(?)-, Christie, William G., 1830(?)-, Cone, Charles Chauncey, 1843-1864, Connolly, J. T., fl. 1864, Cook, John H., fl. 1864, Davenport, Alfred, 1837(?)-, De Mott, Charles, 1834(?)-1864, Derby, Richard, 1835-1862, Doff, George M., fl. 1863, Dunton, Haseltine, ?-1864, England, John, 1838(?)-, Evarts, Edmund, fl. 1863, Fenno, George I., fl. 1862-1863, Franklin, George M., fl. 1862-1863, Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903, Frothingham, Ward B., 1828-1893, Goodman, James B., fl. 1862-1865, Goodrich, Charles, fl. 1862-1863, Greene, Samuel Dana, 1839-1884, Grinnell, Walton, 1844(?)-, Haitstock, Charles A., fl. 1863, Hall, Rowland Minturn, 1833(?)-, Harris, Cornelius, fl. 1864-1865, Hemingway, Anson S., fl. 1864, Hoover, Charles E., fl. 1861, Horan, Robert, fl. 1862-1865, Hubbell, W. S., fl. 1864, Hutchinson, Chester, 1844(?)-, Keeler, Silas P., fl. 1861-1865, Keenan, Thomas R., 1837(?)-, Ketcham, E. W., fl. 1863, Knight, Lloyd, fl. 1861, Lewis, A. M., fl. 1864, Lincoln, Dwight A., ?-1863, Louis, James, fl. 1863, Magill, George T., ?-1862, Marsh, Edwin J., fl. 1864, Maxwell, Charles N., 1835(?)-, McCall, Dougal, fl. 1862-1864, McLain, William, fl. 1863, Mitchel, Ormsby McKnight, 1809-1862, Mitchell, Roland Greene, fl. 1862, Munsell, Harvey, 1843-1913, Nichols, Frank, fl. 1861, Nind, James G., fl. 1862-1865, Noyes, Osgood J., fl. 1864-1865, O'Meally, George, fl. 1861-1864, Parker, Charles P., fl. 1861-1864, Penniman, Henry H., fl. 1863, Pillings, John R., fl. 1864-1865, Rice, A. Clark, fl. 1862, Rollins, Stephen A., ?-1864, Schwartz, John, fl. 1863, Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863, Snook, W. R., fl. 1861-1864, Starkins, John W., fl. 1864, Stokeley, Isaac, fl. 1864, Sully, Thomas, fl. 1864, Talbot, R. A., fl. 1864, Timberlake, William H., 1836(?)-, Wadhams, Edgar, fl. 1863-1865, Wakeman, Chester F., 1842-, Washburn, Harrison, 1834(?)-, Whipple, John E., 1836(?)-, White, Charles H., 1841(?)-, Willis, Benjamin A., 1840(?)-, Wilson, Byron B., 1836(?)-1864
    Published 1865

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    Lydia Maria Child Scrapbook,
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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    Manuscript Book
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    The Lessons of Glory a film study guide video /
    Published 1989
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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    Glory
    Published 1990
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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    Memorial RGS
    Published 1864
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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    Glory /
    Published 1990
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    Glory
    Published 2000
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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    Glory
    Published 1990
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    Glory
    Published 2000
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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    Glory /
    Published 1990
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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    Glory /
    Published 2000
    Other Authors: “...Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863...”

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