“I want to wipe out the impression that the men of the North are mercenary adventurers... but that they are thinking men who have convictions for which they are willing to lay down their lives.”

About Robert Gould Shaw

Military Officer • American

Robert Gould Shaw was an American military officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into a prominent Boston abolitionist family, he was appointed colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, one of...