Robert Gould Shaw Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As Colonel, he commanded the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which entered the war in 1863. He was killed in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, near Charleston, South Carolina.He is the principal subject of the 1989 film Glory.
When Colonel Shaw fell in the assault on Fort Wagner, the Confederate soldiers purposefully buried him with his African American soldiers as an insult. Shaw's father, upon hearing of this deed, stated however that he was proud that happened to his son and Robert would have wanted it that way.
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