Where Death and Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry
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Where Death and Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry

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On July 18, 1863, the African American soldiers of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry led a courageous but ill-fated charge on Fort Wagner, a key bastion guarding Charleston harbor. Confederate defenders killed, wounded, or made prisoners of half the regiment. Only hours later, the body of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regiment's white commander, was thrown into a ma...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published November 18th 1999 by University of Georgia Press (first published November 1999)
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Heidi
Sep 08, 2009 Heidi rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: biography, nonfiction, 2009-book-challenge, historical
Look at the treasures I find from shelf-reading! This one is definitely more interesting in writing style than the other subject-related book I recently read. It is also a very well-researched book, and given an unbiased take to his life. I like the honesty in the book. And the title was perfect. I read this to fit my "Read a book about someone you admire" part in the Book Challenge. After reading it, I do not admire him as much as I had, but only because I know more about him instead of the glo...more
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Linda
Nov 23, 2012 Linda rated it 4 of 5 stars
Really liked this, a quick read for non-fiction. This one of the books on which the movie "Glory" was based, but the real story is even more engaging.
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Pmercado
Oct 03, 2012 Pmercado rated it 5 of 5 stars
Shaw and his negro regiment died an honourable death
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Kalina Hintz
Sep 06, 2010 Kalina Hintz rated it 4 of 5 stars
Great insight on the famed Colonel of the 54th MA!
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