Robert Gould Shaw (1837 - 1863)

Born 10 Oct 1837 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Kneeland (Haggerty) Shaw — married 2 May 1863 in Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, USA

Died 18 Jul 1863 at age 25 in Fort Wagner, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Robert Shaw is Notable.

Colonel Robert Shaw was Killed in Action during United States Civil War.

Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863)

Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 10, 1837, the second child and only son of Francis Shaw and Sarah Sturgis. Commanded the first all-black regiment (54th Massachusetts) in the U.S. Civil War. Robert died July 18, 1863 while leading his troops in an attack on Fort Wagner, South Carolina. His service is honored by the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Stanford White, on Beacon and Park streets, on Boston Common, in 1897.

In his diary during the Civil War, he wrote: “It is Christmas morning and I hope a happy and merry one for you all, though it looks so stormy for our poor country, one can hardly be in merry humor.” ^[1]

Photos

• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.10886/?co=gld
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/gld/item/2010647752/
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/gld/item/2010647753/

Research Notes

The part of Robert Gould Shaw was played by Matthew Broderick in the feature film "Glory"

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/christmas-during-civil-war

• Duncan, Russell (Ed.) 1992. Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Robert Gould Shaw. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJDP-HVZC : accessed 17 May 2014), Robert G Shaw, 1873.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F9R1-52F : accessed 17 May 2014), Robert G. Shaw, 1861-1865; citing military unit 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), Union Soldier, NARA microfilm publication M544, roll 36 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 881905.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSHX-4JW : accessed 17 May 2014), Robert G. Shaw, 1861-1865; citing military unit 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, Union Soldier, NARA microfilm publication M544, roll 36 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 881905.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSM6-6PJ : accessed 17 May 2014), Robt. G. Shaw, 1861-1865; citing military unit 7th Regiment, New York State Militia (30 days, 1861), Union Soldier, NARA microfilm publication M551, roll 127 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 882183.

• "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC79-54F : accessed 17 May 2014), Robert G Shaw in household of Francis G Shaw, The Township Of Castleton, Richmond, New York, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 152, household ID 1103, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803850. In 1860, Robert Gould Shaw is living with his parents and family in Richmond County, New York. From here, he would join the 7th New York National Guard (Militia) in 1860.

• "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCTS-9BD : accessed 17 May 2014), Robert G Shaw in household of Francis Mott, West Farms, Westchester, New York, United States; citing family 348, NARA microfilm publication M432. In 1850, Robert Gould Shaw was a student in the lower division of St. John's Preparatory School in Fordham, New York.

• "The Descendants of Nathaniel Russell Sturgis with a brief introductory sketch of his ancestors in England and the Massachusetts Colony" [no author] Edition of one hundred copies, printed at Boston by George H. Ellis, 1900

• Wikipedia:Robert_Gould_Shaw