The only one I have so far is the Casualty list onthe assult of Fort Wagner. What I really need is a link to the letters Robert Gould Shaw wrote home. That would really make my day. Any other relavent, useful documents would be greatly appriciated. Thank you!
2007-08-21 07:27:45 · 2 answers · asked by rawrrr! 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There is a site on the Veterans association that has details of troops. Letters may well be pushing it a bit, you'll have to try and find relatives who may have old letters. Unlike the UK, I don't think you have "regimental" museums in the US (I presume you're in the US), since these regiments tend to be "Local" they can shed a light on the men and conditions in a particular regt. in a particular period (occasionally letters too).
2007-08-21 07:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by Efnissien 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try
www.54thmass.org/54hist.html
www.us-civilwar.com/54th
www.afroammuseum.org/site1.htm
in fact just google " 54th Massachusetts" and you'll get a ton of hits
www.nps.gov/boaf/historyculture/shaw.htm - 30k -
AHA! as I expected they're at Harvard:
"The bulk of the collection consists of letters by Robert Gould Shaw to his family, including 98 letters to his mother, 31 to his father, and some to his ...
oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~hou00649 - 19k -"
2007-08-21 08:37:58 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋