Twenty years later, sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens began work on a bronze memorial for this heroic troop, which was installed on the Boston Common in 1897. Although the regiment suffered great losses, the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry legitimized the idea of blacks serving in the military, and Lincoln considered their sacrifice a turning point in the Civil War. "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.Anderson - Before the eyes of thousands : the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and the Shaw Memorial in twentieth-century art / Lindsay Harris - Commemorating black soldiers : the African American Civil War memorial in Washington, DC / Renée Ater - Roster of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment / compiled by Lindsay Harris, Zoë Samels, Nicole Stribling, and Megan Sweeney. For all time to come : memorializing Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment / Nancy K. Seeing what ought to be : photography and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment / Sarah Greenough - The legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and the battle of Fort Wagner. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and the battle of Fort Wagner.Includes bibliographical references and index.Exhibition dates: National Gallery of Art, Washington, September 15, 2013-JanuMassachusetts Historical Society, Boston, February 23-May 26, 2014"-Title page verso. "The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
0 kommentar(er)
