Word: andrew
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When Governor Andrew received permission to fit out a negro regiment he asked Robert Shaw to be its colonel. The young officer, doubtful of his ability at first refused, but on being told by his commanding officer that he was fitted for the post accepted it. He knew that neither he nor his men would be treated as equals by friends or enemies but steadfastly did his duty. In February he took command of the regiment at Readville, on the 2d of May he was married, on the 28th he started for the front. On the 19th of July following...
...left college just before the end of his junior year. He entered the army before the beginning of the war and served for a while in the 7th New York National Guards. He soon exchanged to the 2d Massachusetts, however, where he served until in February of '63 Governor Andrew gave him charge of the 54th Massachusetts infantry. This regiment was the first colored regiment to be sent to the war. At the end of May of the same year the regiment left Boston for the front. On the 18th of the next July Colonel Shaw was killed while leading...
Boston Theatre.- Andrew Mack in "Myles Aroon...
Boston Theatre.- Andrew Mack in "Myles Aroon...
Boston Theatre.- Andrew Mack in "Myles Aroon...