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Colonel. 54th Massachusetts Regiment. October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863. Robert Gould Shaw, circa 1861-1863. Library of Congress. During the Civil War, many abolitionists in the North advocated for the immediate freedom of all enslaved persons. Yet some members of abolitionist families were more reluctant advocates, such as Col. Robert Gould Shaw.
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 ...
- 1861–1863
- Colonel
- 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
- U.S. Army (Union Army)
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Published September 02, 2017. When Col. Robert Gould Shaw led his newly formed 54th Massachusetts Regiment down Boston's Beacon Street and off to war, American poet John Greenleaf Whittier ...
Robert Gould ShawBorn October 10, 1837 Boston, Massachusetts Died July 18, 1863 Morris Island, South Carolina Union colonel of the all-black Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment Led the assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina that proved the courage of black soldiers in combat Source for information on Robert Gould Shaw: American Civil War Reference Library dictionary.
The bronze statue, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, designed by Augustus St. Gaudens, stands on the Boston Common, across the street from the Massachusetts State House and the Unitarian Universalist Association. It celebrates the first black regiment recruited in the North to fight in the Civil War. A member of a
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Morris Island, South Carolina. Date of Death: July 18, 1863. Place of Burial: Burial Trench, Morris Island, South Carolina. Robert Gould Shaw served as colonel of the 54 th Massachusetts, one of the first Black regiments to fight in the Civil War. Born in Boston, Shaw grew up in the city’s elite social and political circles before the Civil War.
After the Emancipation Proclamation and the subsequent call for Black regiments, Massachusetts Governor John Andrew offered the position of Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts to Robert Gould Shaw. While initially hesitant, he accepted the position in February 1863. The 54th Massachusetts, under Shaw’s stern discipline, became one of the best ...
