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COL. ROBERT GOULD SHAW AND THE MASSACHUSETTS 54TH REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL

COL. ROBERT GOULD SHAW AND THE MASSACHUSETTS 54TH REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: BEACON STREET AND PARK STREET

City: BOSTON

State: Massachusetts

Zip Code: 2108

Type of Memorial: Bas-Reliefs

Year Dedicated: 1897

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: DAVID M. DWIGGINS

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

COLONEL OF THE FIFTY FOURTH REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY. KILLED WHILE LEADING THE ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER, SOUTH CAROLINA.THE BLACK RANK AND FILE VOLUNTEERS OF THE FIFTY FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERED WHEN DISASTER CLOUDED THE UNION CAUSE-SERVED WITHOUT PAY FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS TILL GIVEN THAT OF WHITE TROOPS-FACED THREATENED ENSLAVEMENT IF CAPTURED-WERE BRAVE IN ACTION-PATIENT UNDER HEAVY AND DANGEROUS LABORS-AND CHEERFUL AMID HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS.


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