Hope and Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment

by Thomas J. Brown

Book Overview

The monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, located on Boston Common, stands at a symbolic crossroads of American history. A reminder of the nation's ongoing struggle over race, it captures the Civil War's higher purpose--the end of slavery--and memorializes those black soldiers and white officers who made common cause in the service of freedom. The monument and the saga of the 54 th Massachusetts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558497226
• ISBN13: 9781558497221
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"