# Robert Gould Shaw
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robert gould shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into a prominent Boston abolitionist family, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast. Supporting the promised equal treatment for his troops, he encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to that of white troops' wage.
Prisoner of War Exchanges in the U.S. Civil War: The Lieber Code - Part 1
Early in the U.S. Civil War a prison exchange system was developed by agreement between the two sides. It called for equal exchanges of all soldiers captured based on rank. Once exchanged, these soldiers could return to their units. The balance remaining after equal exchanges were to be paroled, an…
Episode 189 The Burning of Darien
One of the Civil War’s most controversial events unfolded on June 11, 1863, when Union forces entered Darien, Georgia, an undefended town of little strategic importance, and left it in flames. Homes, churches, businesses and one of the oldest Black congregations in the South were destroyed. The tro…
The American Civil War: Part 6: Robert Gould Shaw and the Glory of the 54th at Fort Wagner
In the concluding part of the Twin History Podcast's series on the American Civil War, Joe and Johnny McCann explore the most celebrated Black regiment of the conflict, the 54th of Massachusetts. Johnny tells a tale of accosting a tour guide on Boston Common, Joe calls out Johnny's retrospective ed…
July 18, 2026 | Moments Almanac | Lines
On July 18, two remarkable stories unfold more than a century apart, bound together by a common thread: the courage to cross the lines others refused to cross.
In 1753, Lemuel Haynes was born into a world that doubted a Black man could shepherd a congregation. Yet through decades of faithful minist…
Massachusetts 54th Regiment
July 18, 2026
July 18, 1863, the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry charged Fort Wagner, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, Fort Wagner covered the southern entrance to the harbor and was key to the US government taking the city, The 600 soldiers of the 54th made up one of the first Black reg…
Civil War Historian Explains What Americans Still Get Wrong | Kevin M. Levin
Civil War historian Kevin M. Levin joins the World XP Podcast to examine what Americans still misunderstand about the Civil War, slavery, Reconstruction, the Lost Cause, and Confederate monuments.
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A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, with Kevin Levin
Historian Kevin M. Levin joins us in this episode to discuss his new biography, A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Most of us know Shaw primarily as the tragic hero portrayed by Matthew Broderick in the film “Glory,” or from the iconic monument standing opposite t…
The Glorious Fate of Robert Gould Shaw (with Kevin Levin)
Best known because of the movie "Glory," Col. Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts had a far more complicated life than Hollywood suggested. A new biography, "A Glorious Fate" by Kevin Levin, looks at the nuances of Shaw's life and legacy. Levin joins the Emerging Civil War Podcast to talk a…
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