Robert Gould Shaw

1861-1865. It was a turning point for this still young nation. One of the many units that fought for the North was the 54th Massachusetts, a unit of all free black men. The men in this unit were all free when they volunteered to join and fight. Though promised differently, the men of the 54th Massachusetts did not receive the same pay as a white soldier of the same rank. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and his men were one of the main units in the assault on Fort Wagner in South Carolina. The 54th Massachusetts was the first black unit for the US Army and paved the way for so many after, and also dissolved many stereotypes. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1963, at that…

In the movie ‘Glory’ the story of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Soldiers is told. They were the first unit of African American troops to battle in the American Civil War. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw who is played by Mathew Broderick is the commander, who after surviving a viscous attack by playing dead in the Battle of Antietam is giving the honor of commanding the first African American regiment. In the movie Shaw’s school mate Thomas Searles a free born African American who is…

But they both survive the storyline between these movies is that they both have some great music tracks & Some same humor . Also John Dunbar and Colonel Robert gould shaw have to deal with tough decisions in their journeys and taking on a lot of responsibility from a higher rank above them. Between the native’s and the blacks they deal with other races and become part of a family and community to were they back each other up on sticky situations and help fight one another with respect. The…

During the American Civil War, over 179, 000 black soldiers served in the Union Army. Edward Zwick's 1989 film Glory explores one of the Civil War's first all-black volunteer regiment through the narration of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick). After serving at the Battle of Antietam, Colonel Shaw is offered the command of the first all-African-American regiment. During his leadership, Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, are confronted with discrimination from both…

allowed for African-Americans to serve in the United States military for the first time. Action for the airmen became a reality when “early in February 1863, the abolitionist Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts issued the Civil War’s first call for black soldiers” (“The 54th Massachusetts Infantry”). Although the soldiers were named the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, many of the men did not come from Massachusetts. They came from places such as New York, Indiana, Ohio, and others came from…

notion was eventually put to song by Private Miles O'Reilly, under the pseudonym Charles Graham Halpine, in his poem named “Sambo’s Right to Be Kilt”, which states “the right to be kilt we’ll divide with him [African Americans], and give him the largest half!” Such widespread prejudice provided the men of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment with a proverbial uphill battle that they would have to work immensely hard to overcome. The first step to winning this battle was proving that as African…

was still a lot of discrimination towards colored people. Toward the end of the movie it shows us how General Shaw started to fight for the equality of the soldiers. As the movie progressed, the colored soldiers were then respected and treated equally. At the…

The movie Paths of Glory is an epic saga of a leaders struggle between accomplishing the mission and the welfare of his men. Kirk Douglas plays a Colonel in the French Army during World War One. He is a fierce fighter and has the respect of the men and the Generals as well. The year is 1916. The war has been stuck in a stalemate for the past two years. The gains are measured in feet not miles. There seems to be no end in sight at this point. The movie opens up to General Mireau getting a visit…

lives for freedom, but had different outlooks on the situations due to their backgrounds. The two main perspectives of the movie realistically reflected the profile of the freed slaves fighting for their freedom and the elite white commanders. Throughout the beginning of the movie, Shaw, a white abolitionist, saw blacks as equals and was not afraid to fight alongside them. One of his closest friends, Searles,…

Longitude by Dava Sobel is a book about how the first accurate clock for determining longitude was made. The book starts off by describing the longitude problem which is about how difficult it is to determine longitude at sea. In order to determine longitude, two clocks are needed, one from the home port and one based upon the local time of the ship. The difference in times allows for the longitude of the ship to be determined. However, it is very hard to make accurate clocks at sea due to the…