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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.
Robert Gould Shaw III was born on 18 August 1898 in Beverly, Massachusetts. Through his father, he was a grandson of investor Quincy Adams Shaw and cousin of Civil War Union casualty Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. His maternal grandparents were railroad millionaire Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher (née Keene) Langhorne. [2] [3]
Robert E. Lee, 3x great-grandson of ... Family Tree of Descendants of William Randolph. William Randolph (1650–1711), ... Robert Gould Shaw III (1898–1970)
Robert Gould Shaw was a close friend of Benjamin W. Crowninshield ... The simplified family tree through the 18th century: ... Robert Fiske. "Papers, 1909-1971". ...
Shaw's nephew, son of Francis George, was Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863). [4] [5] The latter was a colonel in the Volunteer Army of the United States during the American Civil War, and commander of the all-black 54th Regiment. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw was killed in action during the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. [4]
It was originally titled "Colonel Shaw and the Massachusetts' 54th" and published in Life Studies (1959). In the poem, Lowell uses the Robert Gould Shaw memorial as a symbolic device to comment on broader societal change, including racism and segregation, as well as his more personal struggle to cope with a rapidly changing Boston. [56]
Title devised by Library staff. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV26. "Robert G. Shaw" and "2nd Lt. 2nd Reg. Mass. Inf. July 1861" written in pencil on back.
The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial after the completed restoration project in 2021. In celebrating Shaw, Saint-Gaudens depicted Shaw on horseback, while the Massachusetts 54th is depicted in bas-relief, thus creating a "stylistically unprecedented" and "hybrid" work that modifies the traditional Western equestrian monument. [2]