Posted on Oct 10, 2016
Leadership and Legacy of Robert Gould Shaw
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Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American soldier in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. Born into a prominent abolitionist family, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast and encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to the white troops’ wage. At the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, a beachhead near Charleston, South Carolina, Shaw was killed while leading his men to the parapet of the enemy fort. Although they were overwhelmed and driven back, Shaw’s leadership passed into legend with a unit that inspired tens of thousands more African-Americans to enlist for the Union and contribute to its ultimate victory. Shaw's story is dramatized in the 1989 film Glory, starring Matthew Broderick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gould_Shaw
https://www.nps.gov/boaf/learn/historyculture/shaw.htm
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American soldier in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. Born into a prominent abolitionist family, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast and encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to the white troops’ wage. At the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, a beachhead near Charleston, South Carolina, Shaw was killed while leading his men to the parapet of the enemy fort. Although they were overwhelmed and driven back, Shaw’s leadership passed into legend with a unit that inspired tens of thousands more African-Americans to enlist for the Union and contribute to its ultimate victory. Shaw's story is dramatized in the 1989 film Glory, starring Matthew Broderick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gould_Shaw
https://www.nps.gov/boaf/learn/historyculture/shaw.htm
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Thanks for honoring Federal COL Robert Gould Shaw who led the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and was killed leading his soldiers at the second battle of Fort Wagner SGT John " Mac " McConnell. That assault required the regiment to attack along a narrow beach into the waiting confederate guns.
Anybody who has tried to run on sand has an understanding of what that assault would be like without the Minié balls zipping past ands thudding when they hit flesh and bone.
: COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless MSG Brad Sand SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSG Leonard J W. SSgt Robert Marx PO1 John Miller SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
Anybody who has tried to run on sand has an understanding of what that assault would be like without the Minié balls zipping past ands thudding when they hit flesh and bone.
: COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless MSG Brad Sand SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSG Leonard J W. SSgt Robert Marx PO1 John Miller SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright SGT Robert George SPC (Join to see) Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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Matthew Broderick bore a striking resemblance to the real Col Shaw, when the photographs are compared side by side. I always thought Broderick did an excellent job of portraying the historical character and the struggles he went through to transform his unit and gain acceptance for it.
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Happy birthday. Great movie too. At Fort Benning, my infantry OSUT unit was 2/54 INF.
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