The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) regiment: on the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) regiment: on the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) regiment: on the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw
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Colonel Robert Gould Shaw's death at the head of his men is the centerpiece of this Currier & Ives lithograph, which shows the 54th Massachusetts (colored) regiment charging the rebel works at Fort Wagner on Morris Island, near Charleston, on July 18, 1863. The assault aimed to take the earthen fort guarding the approach to Charleston harbor, and it failed at heavy cost, with Shaw among the dead. The 54th was one of the first Black regiments raised in the North, and its courage under fire did much to counter doubts about enlisting Black men as soldiers. Published in New York that same year, the print turned the regiment's sacrifice into a patriotic scene for a northern public.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1863. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2393 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,123 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174502 |
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