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| North |
| 1837-1863 |
| Massachusetts
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| Commander |
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Robert Gould Shaw was the white
commander of the all-black 54th
Massachusetts Regiment, which entered battle in mid-1863.
Shaw was killed soon after at Fort Wagner and buried
with his comrades by Confederate soldiers in a mass
grave in South Carolina; one regimental soldier won
the Medal of Honor. His abolitionist father said of
his grave: "We can imagine no holier place than
that in which he is ... nor wish him better company." |
