Robert Gould Shaw
Union United States Army officer (1837-1863) · United States · Died at 25
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Something wrong?Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast.
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Letter from Robert Gould Shaw to his father from Camp Andrew, May 1861
Col. Robert Gould Shaw by Horace R. Burdick
The Storming of Fort Wagner
Shaw mortally wounded on July 18, 1863, with his troops.
Bronze memorial to Shaw and the 54th regiment, by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Boston Common (dedicated 1897)
Shaw memorial at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Entry for Shaw in Harvard University's Memorial HallFamily
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Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast. Supporting the promised equal treatment for his troops, he encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to that of white troops' wage.
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