"Shaw at Fort Wagner" by Carlos Lopez : 無料・フリー素材/写真
"Shaw at Fort Wagner" by Carlos Lopez / dbking
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | "Shaw at Fort Wagner" mural by Carlos Lopez.Things to note within this mural:---This mural is in honor of Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, made up of freed slaves who fought during the Civil War---The Massachusetts 54th was formed in order to show that blacks would not back down when confronted by the dangers of war---Although this was basically a "suicide" mission, the black men shown here were anything but afraid to fight as evidenced by the scene in the mural---Shown in the white shirt is a black soldier comforting their leader Robert Gould Shaw who died from his wounds in this South Carolina battle early on in the war.---The NW neighborhood in Washington DC named Shaw, is named in honor of the Robert Gould Shaw---The Massachusetts 54th Regiment was memorialized in the film "Glory" which Matthew Broderick played Robert Gould Shaw---In the upper right hand corner notice the Confederate flag Notes on the Massachusetts 54th RegimentThe 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was one of the first official African-American units in the United States armed forces, an infantry regiment that fought in the American Civil War. Negro troops had fought alongside George Washington in the Revolutionary War and alongside Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, but not organized as formal military units.The regiment, organized by the governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew, and commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, sprang to life after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Secretary of War decided white officers would be in charge of all "colored" units, and Colonel Shaw was hand-picked by Gov. Andrew himself. The rest of the officers were painstakingly evaluated by Col. Shaw. The soldiers were recruited by Caucasian abolitionists (including Col. Shaw's parents). This recruitment group was later known as "The Black Committee". A number of the recruits were from states other than Massachusetts, with several coming from Pennsylvania and New York.The 54th left Boston, to fight for the Union on May 28, 1863. The 54th started off performing only manual labor. The regiment gained notoriety in a raid on the town of Darien, Georgia, after being ordered to loot and burn the town by Col. James Montgomery. The 54th's participation in this raid was minimal and reluctant. Col. Shaw initially objected to what he called a "Satanic action", but was forced to capitulate when Col. Montgomery threatened to imprison Col. Shaw and put the 54th directly under his own command. Col. Montgomery's regiment was allowed to break ranks and loot at will, whereas Col. Shaw's men were orderly and only took those supplies that would be useful at camp.The regiment gained international fame on July 18, 1863, when it spearheaded an assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina. Half of the unit's men were killed in the assault, including Colonel Shaw. Although the Union was not able to take and hold the exceptionally secure fort, the 54th was widely acclaimed for its valor, and the event helped encourage the further enlistment and mobilization of negro troops, a key development that President Abraham Lincoln once noted as helping to secure the final victory. Decades later, William Harvey Carney, the flag bearer of the regiment during the attack, became the first African-American soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor.Later in the war, the 54th fought a rear-guard action covering the Union retreat at the Battle of Olustee.The regiment was disbanded after the Civil War and was eventually largely forgotten, aside from the monument (constructed 1884 – 1897) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on the Boston Common, and the famous composition by Charles Ives based both on the monument and the regiment ("Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment," the opening movement of Three Places in New England). Col. Shaw and his men also feature prominently in Robert Lowell's poem "For the Union Dead" (1964); some of the most powerful lines appearing in this stanza:Shaw's father wanted a monument where his son's body was thrown and lost with his 'niggers.' (Shaw's father had asked for the return of his son's body but was informed by the Confederate command, "We buried him with his Niggers.")More recently, the story of the unit was depicted in the 1989 Academy Award winning film Glory starring Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington. The film reestablished the now-popular image of the combat role African-Americans played in the Civil War, and the unit, often played in historical battle reenactments, now has the nickname The Glory Regiment. |
| 撮影日 | 2006-02-24 19:48:03 |
| 撮影者 | dbking , Washington, DC |
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| カメラ | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.033 sec (1/30) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |
| 焦点距離 | 22 mm |