Tell It with Pride: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial

by Sarah Greenough and Nancy K. Anderson

A rich narrative and detailed documentation of the 54th regiment give insight into Augustus Saint-Gaudens' famous Civil War Memorial

On July 18, 1863, six months after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, one of the first American units composed of African Americans stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina, led by Colonel Robert Shaw Gould. Although the regiment suffered great losses, the Massachusetts 54th...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030019773X
• ISBN13: 9780300197730
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.8" x 11.2"