He, along with most of his men, was killed at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, and is honored at a Boston memorial created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Elizabeth Gaskell wrote that this man "gave up his life for what he believed to be right." In 1897, William James referred to him as "the blue-eyed child of fortune," and he is said to "have died for rightÂ…but in vain" in a namesake poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Johnson Hagood ordered him buried "in a common trench" out of disrespect. He, along with most of his men, was killed at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, and is honored at a Boston memorial created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. For 10 points, name this commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.
Elizabeth Gaskell wrote that this man "gave up his life for what he believed to be right."
Robert Gould Shaw