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Robert Gould Shaw Quickquiz

 

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1. Robert Gould Shaw served as a General in the 2nd Massachusetts regiment.
2. Robert Gould Shaw was the first black Colonel.
3. Shaw's regiment was the first to be organised in a northern state.
4. The majority of recruits were free blacks.
5. The majority of recruits came from the New England states
6. Shaw's black regiment was the 54th Massachusetts regiment.
7.  In July 1863 the regiment was posted to Ellis Island.
8. Shaw's regiment was part of the Union army.
9. The assault on Fort Wagner proved black soldiers could fight as well as whites.
10. Robert Gould Shaw died on July 18th 1863.

 

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