Robert Gould Shaw
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Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regi
Shaw in May 1863
Letter from Robert Gould Shaw to his father from Camp Andrew, May 1861
Col. Robert Gould Shaw by Horace R. Burdick
The Storming of Fort Wagner
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
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The Second Battle of Fort Wagner, also known as the Second Assault on Morris Island or the Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, was fought on July 18, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union Army
Robert Gould Shaw
…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…
Assault on Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbour, on the night of July 18
Depiction of the battle in the painting The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground
Sappers of the 1st New York engineer regiment digging a sap with sap rollers towards the fortifications of Fort Wagner, September 1863
William Harvey Carney