10095 - Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, American Civil War W.Britain-Scenics travel memoirs

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He also carries a scarmasax

and her favorite “dolly”

With the Regimental Sergeant Major and the Quartermaster Sergeant

10095 - Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, American Civil War W.Britain-Scenics travel memoirsColonel Robert Gould Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Infantry, American Civil War From a prominent Boston abolitionist family, Shaw accepted command of the 54th Massachusetts in 1863, the first all black regiment from the Northeast. Shaw was a strict disciplinarian. After much hard and rigorous training, his men were prepared for battle. Sent south, they would take part in an attempt to take Charleston, but to do so, they would have to capture a defending