Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shawwas 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 regimentin 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth10 October 1837
CountryUnited States of America
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If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age?