    
Title: Fort Wagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863 Description: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, age twenty-six, top center, is mortally wounded while leading his all-black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts, in a frontal attack against the near-impregnable Rebel bastion; the frontal charge was thought to be suicidal and was ill-conceived, resulting in the deaths of 116 Union soldiers, including Shaw, who was interred with his troops in a mass grave by Rebel burial teams; (Artist: Kurz & Allison); Location: Fort Wagner, South Carolina Date: July 18, 1863 Category: American Civil War Topic: Artwork Keywords: American Civil War, Battery Wagner, Confederate troops, Black troops, 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Fort Wagner, South Carolina, Robert Gould Shaw, South Carolina, Union troops Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 3450 x 2526 (8.71 MPixels) (1.37) Print Size: 29.2 x 21.4 cm; 11.5 x 8.4 inches File Size: 25.10 MB (26,319,552 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000006631c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
