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District of Columbia."District of Columbia Emancipation Act"

[civilwartalk]

Here is the answer to yesterday's question: In what locality was slavery abolished on April 16, 1862? Washington, D.C.

Who was Union Colonel Robert G. Shaw and why was his death news worthy?

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[ivan]

Colonel Robert G. Shaw was put in command of, and organized the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment,which was made up of free black soldiers. On July 18, 1863, Col. Robert G. Shaw led his regiment on the heroic attack on the Confederate Fort Wagner, and was shot and killed. "Under direct heavy fire, the 54th Regiment was forced to withdraw after suffering tremendous casualties. Word spread quickly of this battle, and the Union Army recognized the courage and valor of the 54th. The 54th was, from that day forward, truly respected and dispelled what was the prevalent negative theory of their fighting ability."

[snoopy]

Robert Gould Shaw, a 26 year old white colonel, led the all free Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment Infantry. He trained them hard and won the respect of his men and he of them. He led his troops forward, on what he knew to be a nearly suicidal mission, against Fort or Battery Wagner, in South Carolina. Although the attack was unsuccessful, his Black men fought with bravery and valor and earned the respect of all by proving they were brave fighters and could hold their own. Shaw was killed and buried with his men. He broke racial boundaries in his leadership and treatment.

[crowbar]

He was the commander of the 54th Mass. Inf. Regt. (All Black)

He led his men from the front unstead of the customary rear.

The confederates tripped him & threw him in a common grave with 116 Fallen Soldiers.

[skirmish]

He was a white colonel leading a Black regiment aginst the forces of fort Wagner South Carolina. Instead of staying back as was customary, he chose to lead his regiment. He was killed and buried in the same grave as were his fellow 54th Mass. soldiers. His body stripped and thrown into the burial trench was thought by the Confederates to be some kind of disgrace for him.
This particular event also laid to rest any negative thought, that the negro regiments could fight and fight well.

[aggie80]

He was the Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts regiment, which was the first colored (or "black") soldiers regiment. The evening of his death, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw lead the 54th Massachusetts regiment to attack Fort Wagner. Even just on the way to the fort, many of his men died by cannon and long gunfire. When the night came, they charged Wagner with growing confidence. They charged up the sand walls of the fort, and eventually entered it with a hard battle. He raised his saber high and waved it for all his troops to see. He shouted for them to charge, but, unfortunately, when Robert reached the top, he was struck by a bullet and killed.

[aforrestfan]

Robert G. Shaw was in command of the 54th Mass. Infantry. What made his death newsworthy was the fact that when he was KIA at Ft. Wagner, and the Confederates stripped him and buried him in a mass grave with the black troops under his command. Thinking it would dishonor the Colonel by burying him with his fallen troops was why the Confederates buried him in this manner. Shaw's parents thought it to be very honorable for him to be buried along side of those who fought bravely along with him and were not intimidated by their actions.

[aforrestfan]

I forgot to add in my comments that Robert Shaw led the charge in which he was killed. (normally, the leaders stayed to the rear)

[raggedrebel]

He was the Col. of the 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, a white commander of a black unit. His nickname was "The blue eyed child of fortune". He was killed in the assault on Battery Wagner, S.C. in 1863 and buried in a mass grave with his black soldiers. This made him a martyr to the northern (New England) abolitionists.

RR

[rienzi]

Was the Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts. The first black regiment from a Northern state. When he was killed at the battle of Battery Wagner he was buried with his men.

[danmoran]

Colonel Robert Shaw volunteered to command a pioneer outfit of black volunteer infantry soldiers to fight for the Union Cause. They federalized and given the designator 54th Massachusetts Infantry.

He died on the ramparts of Battery Wagner which was an assault his unit had made on the 18th of July 1863 and all the world was watching what these black soldiers were going to do once led into combat.

Battery Wagner happened to be their second action, but the nature of the assault and the troops he was leading at the time of his death was incredibly news worthy.

[hoosier]

Shaw, a Caucasian, was the colonel of the 54th Massachusetts, a regiment made up primarily of Negro troops.

Shaw was killed in the assault on Fort Wagner, SC, and was buried in a common grave with other members of the regiment killed in the battle.

[connyankee]

Robert Gould Shaw was the son of prominent and wealthy abolitionists in Boston, MA. Well educated, he became the Colonel of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry in 1863.

In July of 1863, the 54th attacked Fort Wagner in a suicidal charge that left half of the regiment as casualties. Amoung the dead were Shaw, who was buried in a mass grave with his men.

While it was customary to have officers' remains returned to their home, Shaw's father saw to it that he remained buried with his men. He was hailed as a martyr in the eyes of abolitionists.

[civilwartalk]

Here is the answer to yesterday's question: Who was Union Colonel Robert G. Shaw and why was his death news worthy? as posted by RaggedRebel: He was the Col. of the 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, a white commander of a black unit. His nickname was "The blue eyed child of fortune". He was killed in the assault on Battery Wagner, S.C. in 1863 and buried in a mass grave with his black soldiers. This made him a martyr to the northern (New England) abolitionists.

What was a "sap-roller"?

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[crowbar]

SAP-ROLLER: Cylindrical object of basketwork rolled ahead of men constructing a sap (trench) toward the enemy to provide cover from the enemy's small-arms fire.

[ivan]

"A sap roller was a large gabion, two meters long, filled with fascines,
which sappers sometimes rolled along before them for protection from the
fire of an enemy" (from The Probert Encyclopaedia).

[raggedrebel]

A sap-roller is a large, cylindrical basketwork that in rolled in front of men digging a trench (sap) for protection from incoming fire while they work.

RR

[skirmish]

it was an oversized Gabion roller that was rolled ahead of sappers as they approached a entrenched area. It would protect them from small arms fire.

[rienzi]

A large wicker basket similar to a Gabion, a sap-roller was filled with stones and planks and rolled in front of lead sappers working on assault trenches in the face of the enemy.

[danmoran]

A sap roller was an oversized bullet-proof gabion rolled on its side at the head of a sap to protect the brigade of sapper advancing the trench from enemy small arms fire. Sap rollers were constructed in the same fashion as smaller common gabions by whaling rods around 14 to 15 pickets arranged around the circumference of a circle 4 to 4 1/2 feet in diameter. The overall length of sap rollers could be between 6 and 7 1/2 feet. A second gabion of the same length with a diameter of about 2 1/2 feet was inserted into the larger exterior gabion and the space between them filled with fascines 8 about inches in diameter. A circular shape was maintained by driving pickets through the body of the sap roller at right angles to each other and cutting the ends of the picket flush with the whaling rods of the exterior gabion. A stuffed gabion (gabion farci) was used in the same manner as a sap roller, but constructed slightly differently by using one large exterior gabion which was stuffed with fascines.

Sap rollers were maneuvered by all four sappers of the brigade working the head of the sap using long sap hooks and sap forks that allowed them to remain under cover of the completed portion of the sap while pushing the roller forward just far enough for another common gabion to be put in place.

[rebrick]

It was an oversized bullet proof gadion rolled on its side at the head of a sap to protect the brigade of sapper advancing the trench from enemy small arm fire.

[aggie80]

A sap roller was an oversized bullet-proof gabion rolled on its side at the head of a sap to protect the brigade of sappers advancing the trench from enemy small arms fire. Normally constructed of iron rods, it was advanced by the sappers to make room for permanent protection

[snoopy]

A sap roller is a cylindrical object of basketwork, rolled ahead of men constructing a sap (trench) toward the enemy to provide cover from the enemy's small arms fire.

[skirmishgirl]

A cylindrical object of basketwork, rolled ahead of men constructing a sap (trench) toward the enemy, to provide cover from the enemy's small-arms fire

source: http://rkoch.internations.net/Civil_...finitions.html#S