Robert Gould Shaw
After writing roughly 5,000 words in chapter 12 of my biography of Robert Gould Shaw, I finally had to face narrating his death in the assault on Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863. I didn’t think I would get so emotional about it, but guess I should have expected as much given how long I’ve been researching and writing about the man. It’s ju…
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