I’ve been steadily plugging away at my biography of Robert Gould Shaw. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the controversy surrounding the burning of Darien, Georgia on June 11, 1863.
It’s a key moment for Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts. The regiment had only arrived in the region roughly a week earlier and both Shaw and his men likely had questions ab…
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