Robert Gould Shaw was the white commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which entered ... buried with his comrades by Confederate soldiers in a mass grave in South Carolina ...
In his acceptance speech, the “Gladiator II” star paid homage to the 54th regiment, “the black soldiers who helped to make this country free.” He would win a second Oscar in 2002 for Best ...
"The Sarah Sands was a steamer which caught fire while taking the 54th Regiment (now part of the ... themselves well during the fire, but the soldiers and the ship's master Captain Castles ...