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The background is a drawing of the 54th Massachusetts colored regiment leading the Battle of Fort Wagner from the Harper Weekly's Newspaper.

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The movie Glory and this Harper's Weekly article both educate the public about the 54th regiment. You will find that both the movie and the article explain that the 54th regiment did not get the same pay as every other regiment. They also mention the Battle of Fort Wagner. The other thing that Glory and this Harper's Weekly have in common is that the movie shows what happens to the soldiers and Colonel Shaw and the article tells what happens to them.

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This Civil War Harper's Weekly describes the treatment of colored soldiers.

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The movie Glory is based on the letters and journals from Colonel Robert Shaw. However, some parts of the movie are inaccurate, but for the most part Glory is more factual than fiction. The first inaccuracy is that Glory shows the 54th regiment starting their training in November 1862, when they really started in February 1863. Another one is that the movie shows more fugitive slave in the regiment, however, the regiment was mostly made of free colored Massachusetts men. During the movie Glory, there were scene when the basic training leader flogged/whipped one of the soldiers for discipline. That is very historically inaccurate because flogging was outlawed before the Civil War and that would also symbolize slave, which is what they were trying to abolish. Lastly, the movie shows Colonel Shaw taking the job willing and quickly but in real life, he thought about the offer for a while before accepting. The movie Glory is very accurate except for the inaccurate things listed above.

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Introduction

"Glory" tells the story of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the United States Civil War. The 54th was the most celebrated of all black units in the war because it was the first such regiment organized by the Union government. The 54th also fought in one of the war's bloodiest encounters - an attack against Confederate Fort Wagner, also called Battery Wagner, in Charleston, South Carolina on 18 July 1863. I feel that the movie clearly portrays the spirit and overall principle themes of the events that occurred, however, there are quite a lot of minor and major historical inaccuracies. Some of the minor inaccuracies are that the film depicts the 54th starting its training in November 1862, when they actually did not begin training until February 1863. ...read more.

Middle

One of the more major inaccuracies is the way in which Colonel Robert Gould Shaw is depicted in the movie as first choice to command the regiment, when actually, the command was offered to him, and he hesitated before deciding to accept. Also, the 54th is portrayed in the movie as being made up largely of runaway slaves, like John Rawlins or Private Trip. In fact, it was actually mostly a regiment of freed men like Thomas Seares, not only recruited from Massachusettes, but also New York and Pennsylvania. The assault on Battery Wagner was attacked on the wrong side in the movie, and it also suggests that over 1/2 of the regiment was lost during the assault. ...read more.

Conclusion

This is historically accurate, but his body was first stripped of its uniform. For obvious reasons, they cannot show that in the movie. Also, I found one of the letters of Col. Robert Gould Shaw online, which generally verifies the burning of the town which was shown in the film. Glory also does a great job in emphasizing the fact that the mentality towards black people was negative at first, including Northerners and even Abraham Lincoln. In the scene when the men of the 54th regiment meet the white regiment coming from a battle, they were mocked and called "niggers", and this further emphasizes the prejudice towards blacks at the time. In conclusion, it's clear to see that the historical inaccuracies outweigh the accuracies, however, they are minor compared to the spirit, fear, anger, courage, resentment and acceptance that can be found in the movie. ...read more.

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Title: The Civil War State By State
By: Chester G Hearn

If you loved the movie Glory, then you will have to read The Civil War State By State. It includes more background information on Colonel Shaw. The book gives the main highlights of the 54th regiment. It does not go into much detail but it gives you facts straight forward along with dates when everything occurred. Even though the movie gives you more of a point of view from the colored men, this story gives you the point of give from a historian. One big plus about this book is that it has a real picture of Colonel Shaw and a painting that imitates the Battle of Fort Wagner. Cool thing is that the scene of Fort Wagner from the movie and the painting in story look every similar.

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I loved the movie Glory. I would highly recommend Glory for people who are interested with the other side of the story. This movie was funny, entertaining, and informative but in a way that did not put me to sleep. The movie Glory has really gotten me interested in the Civil War but mainly just on the 54th regiment (all colored men).  Another thing you might like about this movie is that is historical accurate. After I watched the movie, I did some research and everything so far has matched up correctly with the historians. Glory is a great Civil War movie for anyone interested in those kinds of movies.

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The main idea of Glory was to inform the public about the 54th regiment from both the colored men's perspective and the white men's perspective. The movie shows how the 54th regiment was not treated the same way as every other regiment was just because they were colored. It also shows how they lived and how they were trained. The movie was every good about showing in detail how the regiment was treated by the public and union leaders as well. Glory's whole point was to inform and teach the public what is was like to be a colored solider in the 54th regiment.

The summary of Glory is about a colonel, Robert Shaw, who volunteers to lead the first all colored regiment (except for the leaders). Colonel Shaw fights to make his regiment as equal as any other regiment. Once the 54th regiment is allowed to fight, they volunteer to go first into the Battle of Fort Wagner (which was pretty much a death sentence). The movie Glory  shows the hard times the regiment and Colonel Shaw had to go though as being the first all colored regiment. The major characters of Glory are Colonel Robert Shaw, PVT Trip (colored), Maj. Forbes, Sgt. Rawlins (colored), PVT Sharts, Cpl. Searles. While the setting of the movie starts in September 17, 1862 at Antietam Creek, Maryland. The movie ends July 16, 1863 at James Island, South Carolina with the Battle of Fort Wagner.

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Glory taught me how the 54th regiment was treated and how Colonel Robert Shaw thought of his regiment. Colonel Shaw thought they were quick to learn, had restraint when got angered, and he started to respect them more. However, the country had a harder time respecting the 54th colored regiment. One thing that the movie proved me wrong was that there were other colored regiments, Kansas had a colored regiment as well.  Glory showed the Confederate soldiers wearing regular everyday clothes while the Union wore uniforms. An interesting fact about a skill soldiers had to learn was that they had to load, shoot, and reload three times in under a minute. Glory showed me how the 54th regiment was only going to be used for manual labor until Colonel Shaw and a couple of his men demanded that were worthy to fight in this war. There was so much more that this movie teaches you, this is what I did not already know already from classwork.

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The movie Glory has some not great features to the movie itself. First off, the amount of bad language used in the movie is horrible. I know they are trying to show the audience how the soldiers were treated but that was just way to much bad language. If the producers would have the movie PG-13 or PG, then students could watch this at school and learn more about the 54th regiment of the Civil War. The other thing I found frustrated with the movie is that it did not tell the viewers how many soldiers were in the regiment. I know this is not as bad as the other but the number of soldiers in the regiment would have put the movie into better perspectives. This two things are the only parts of the movie Glory  that need improved.

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Attached below is a link to an actual image of an enlistment paper for the 54th regiment. Glory does not really give much information about the soldiers in the regiment, more just like an overview. However with this enlistment paper, you can see how the age, jobs, married or single, and their ranking. The link below is the real paper, which is harder to read but if you click on the transcript button, it will make it ten times easier to read. The enlistment paper just put the soldiers lives into perspective by showing more what they did with their lives before the war and how they were no different than those other soldier. This document is also cool to see that the government still has document even though not many people cared for the 54th regiment.

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MHS Collections Online: Enlistment roll of Company A, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1863

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Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections Online: Enlistment roll of Company A, 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1863

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The Storming of Battery Wagner
By: American Battlefield Trust
This article explains more what happens before the Battle of Fort Wagner and why they tried to take the fort. Glory did not give much information for the reason to take Fort Wagner, however, this article attached below does. The article also explains what other regiment helped in this battle beside 54th regiment. Glory did a fabulous job explaining and giving details about the 54th regiment, but unless you are a Civil War expert than some parts of the movie make sense but others may leave you with some question. The article, The Storming of Battery Wagner, does a great job answer all the unanswered questions as well as put everything in context. This is why the article, The Storming of Battery Wagner should be read if you are going to watch or have watched the movie Glory.

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Read about the assault led by the 54th Massachusetts, a Boston regiment of free African Americans led by Harvard-educated abolitionist Col. Robert Gould Shaw. The decision to have the 54th Massachusetts lead this dangerous, high-profile attack was fraught with political and military risk.