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Robert Archibald Shaw was born on 9 August 1927 at 51 King Street in Westhoughton, Lancashire, [1] the son of Thomas Archibald Shaw and Doreen Nora, née Avery. His father, a doctor and former Royal Field Artillery Lieutenant, was of Scottish descent; his mother, a former nurse, was born at Piggs Peak, Swaziland.
This is a list of Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) posts in Kentucky, United States.The G.A.R. Department of Kentucky was officially organized January 17, 1883. [1]Over 100,000 Kentuckians, including 23,703 African Americans, served in the Union Army or the Union Navy during the Civil War, compared to over 40,000 soldiers who served in Kentucky Confederate regiments. [2]
This list of cemeteries in Kentucky includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863), commander of the African-American 54th Massachusetts Regiment, subject of the movie Glory [8] is likely buried in one of the 3,607 unknown gravesites in the cemetery.
B. Alpheus Baker; Bland Ballard (judge) John Barbee; John W. Barr; John R. Barret; John G. Baxter; David L. Beatty; Morris B. Belknap; W. B. Belknap; William Burke ...
A relief portrait of General Robert E. Lee is located directly beneath the statue. The inscription reads: [3] THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE 67 BRAVE MEN BURIED HERE, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. _____ "LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET."
Carmichael is also buried in the cemetery. [2] There are numerous monuments and memoria in the cemetery. [2] [3] A central feature is the State Mound, featuring a Kentucky War Memorial designed by Robert E. Launitz and inscribed with the names of officers killed in numerous wars. [4]
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) 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 (the 54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast.