Blue-eyed child of fortune : the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw /

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Through nearly two hundred letters, the son of a wealthy Boston abolitionist wrote of his experiences as the commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War. The portrait that emerges is of a man more divided and complex--though no less heroic--than the Shaw depicted in the c...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
Other Authors: Duncan, Russell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1992.
Subjects:
Shaw, Robert Gould, > 1837-1863 > Correspondence.
Shaw, Robert Gould, > 1837-1863
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) > History.
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
1861-1865
Soldiers > United States > Correspondence.
Soldiers > Massachusetts > Correspondence.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Military participation > African American
Soldiers
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Massachusetts > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
Massachusetts > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
Massachusetts
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
History
Personal narratives
Personal correspondence
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
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