shaw, robert gould

A fictionalized account of the Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry, the first regiment of northern black soldiers to fight in the Civil War.

Presents a fictionalized account of the Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry, the first regiment of African-American soldiers to fight for the Union in the Civil War.

Text and accompanying photographs recount the life and military career of Robert Gould Shaw, leader of the first black Civil War regiment.

The story of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, the first black fighting unit formed in the North in the Civil War.

A collection of the letters written by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw who was the head of the black 54th Massachusetts Regiment during the Civil War.