I tried to make the most of my last day in the low country so I woke up early and drove up to James Island to see how far I could follow Shaw’s trail. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to walk the ground of the battle on James Island that the 54th Massachusetts took part in on July 16, 1863.
This is another moment that I think the movie Glory does a pretty go…
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