Military officer, notable as the commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Army | 1861 | 1863 | |
| 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment | 1863 | 1863 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1837/10/10 | Robert Gould Shaw is born in Boston, son of Francis George Shaw and Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw. | Born | |||||
| 1856/11/19 | We went around to visit Mr Shaw a Freshman who proposes to become a member of the Pierian Sodality. Sat there about a half hour talking to him. He seemed rather inquisitive for a Freshman but perhaps it was his very greenness made him so. - BC | Education | Massachusetts Hall, Harvard U | Cambridge, MA | |||
| 1863/02/00 | Robert Gould Shaw recruits for 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. | Union commander | African Meeting House | Boston | |||
| 1863/05/02 | Anna Kneeland Haggerty marries Robert Gould Shaw in New York City. Deciding to marry before his unit leaves Boston, the couple spend their brief honeymoon at the Haggerty family home, Vent Fort, in Lenox, Mass. | Groom | Ventfort Hall | Lenox, MA | |||
| 1863/07/18 | While leading the 54th Massachusetts in a charge on Fort Wagner, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw mounts a parapet and urges his men forward, shouting "Forward, Fifty-Fourth, forward!". He is shot through the chest three times and dies almost instantly. | Died | Morris Island Lighthouse | Folly Beach | Establishing the Shaw Memorial |
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