A Glorious Fate : The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levin, Kevin M.

Series:

Civil War America Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863.

African American soldiers.

Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862.

Local Subjects:

Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2026.

Summary:

Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry--one of the first regiments of Black soldiers in the Civil War--in its famous ill-fated charge against Confederate Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863.Shaw's sacrifice has been commemorated in monuments, books, and the award-winning film Glory.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

ONE: There Is No Use Doing Disagreeable Things for Nothing

TWO: I Can't Help Hoping That There Will Be a Disunion Some Time

THREE: Goodbye, the Drum Is Beating

FOUR We Shall Have Much More Soldiering to Do Than We Expected When We Started

FIVE: What War Really Is

SIX: It Was the Greatest Fight of the War

SEVEN: I Feel Convinced I Shall Never Regret Having Taken This Step

EIGHT: They Feel as Big as All Creation-and Look Very Well

NINE: I Do Not Like to Degenerate into a Plunderer and Robber

TEN: My Men Are Capable of Better Service than Mere Guerilla Warfare

ELEVEN: eleven I Do Not Believe I Shall Live Through Our Next Fight

TWELVE: Our Hero Has Received at the Hands of the Rebels the Most Fitting Burial Possible

EPILOGUE

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Levin, Kevin M. A Glorious Fate

ISBN:

9781469697192

OCLC:

1609716645