- Born
- October 10, 1837
- Died
- July 18, 1863 (aged 25)
- Known as
- military personnel, colonel
Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast. Advocating the promised equal treatment for his troops, he encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to that of white troops' wage.
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