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

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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Main Author: Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
Other Authors: Duncan, Russell
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [1992].
Subjects:
Shaw, Robert Gould, > 1837-1863 > Correspondence.
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) > History.
Soldiers > United States > Correspondence.
Soldiers > Massachusetts > Correspondence.
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.
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ISBN:9780820342771
0820342777
0820321745
9780820321745
128330371X
9781283303712
9786613303714
6613303712
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