Robert Gould Shaw
Military Person
1837 – 1863
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Who was Robert Gould Shaw?
Robert Gould Shaw 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.
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1837
Boston - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Annie Haggerty Shaw
(1863/05/02 - 1863/07/18)
- Annie Haggerty Shaw
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Employment
- Navios Maritime Holdings
- Lived in
- Boston
- New York City
- Died
- Jul 18, 1863
Morris Island
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on July 23, 2013
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