When Col. Robert Gould Shaw led his newly formed 54th Massachusetts Regiment down Boston's Beacon Street and off to war, American poet John Greenleaf Whittier described Shaw as "the very flower of ...

BOSTON (CBS) - The long lost sword of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the commanding officer of the North's first all-black regiment during the Civil War, has been acquired by the Massachusetts ...

The British-made sword carried into battle by Col. Robert Gould Shaw was stolen after he was killed during the 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry's doomed attack on Fort Wagner, South Carolina ...

Col. Robert Gould Shaw was 24 years old when he took command ... Throughout his command he had written more than 200 letters to his mother chronicling the efforts and bravery of his men while ...

The Boston Common memorial shows Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who was white ... The 900-foot wall features recruiting signs, archived letters, and images of the men the memorial honors.

A veterans group will present a petition next week to the New York delegation of Congress asking that the Medal of Honor be awarded to Civil War Col. Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the first ...

The hilt of Robert Gould Shaw's sword MHS/Stuart C. Mowbray On the 154th anniversary of his death, the sword carried by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw will go on public display for the first time at ...

Robert Gould Shaw, the Union Army colonel maligned for burning the coastal town of Darien during the Civil War, was following orders and doesn't deserve the reputation he has borne for a century ...

The Massachusetts Historical Society unveiled its new exhibit focused on Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who led 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment — the first all-black regiment ...

The British-made sword carried into battle by Col. Robert Gould Shaw was stolen after he was killed during the 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry's doomed attack on Fort Wagner, South Carolina ...