Robert Gould Shaw

Robert Gould Shaw

male, deceased (1863)
American Civil War killed in action, United States Army officer, american civil war, Colonel, 54thMassachusettsVolunteerInfantry, From Boston
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 - July 18, 1863) was the colonel in command of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which...
William Harvey Carney

William Harvey Carney

male, deceased (1908)
Fort Wagner, 54thMassachusettsVolunteerInfantry, sergeant, slave, medal of honor, slavery
William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 - December 08, 1908) was an American Civil War soldier and the first African American to be awarded the...
Denmark Vesey

Denmark Vesey

male, deceased (1822)
American rebel slave, battle cry, regiment, from the United States Virgin Islands, slavery, american civil war…54thMassachusettsVolunteerInfantry
Denmark Vesey was an African American slave, and later a freeman, who planned what would have been one of the largest slave rebellions in the...
Edmonia Lewis

Edmonia Lewis

female, deceased (1911)
African American, Mary Edmonia Lewis, Fort Wagner, 54thMassachusettsVolunteerInfantry, Ojibwa, Chippewa
Edmonia Lewis was the first African American and Native American woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor. At a time in America when slaves...