Join the conversation
Log in or create an account to leave a comment
Log In
[first lines] Title Card:
Robert Gould Shaw, the son of wealthy Boston abolitionists, was 23 years old when he enlisted to fight in the War Between the States. He wrote home regularly, telling his parents of life in the gathering Army of the Potomac. / These letters are collected in the Houghton Library of Harvard University. Colonel Robert G. Shaw:
Dear Mother, I hope you are keeping well and not worrying much about me. You mustn't think that any of us are going to be killed. They are collecting such a force here, that an attack would be insane. The Massachusetts men passed though here this morning; how grand it is to meet the men from all the States, east and west, ready to fight for their country, as the old fellows did in the Revolution. But this time we must make it a whole country for all who live here, so that all can speak
Robert Gould Shaw, the son of wealthy Boston abolitionists, was 23 years old when he enlisted to fight in the War Between the States. He wrote home regularly, telling his parents of life in the gathering Army of the Potomac. / These letters are collected in the Houghton Library of Harvard University. Colonel Robert G. Shaw:
Dear Mother, I hope you are keeping well and not worrying much about me. You mustn't think that any of us are going to be killed. They are collecting such a force here, that an attack would be insane. The Massachusetts men passed though here this morning; how grand it is to meet the men from all the States, east and west, ready to fight for their country, as the old fellows did in the Revolution. But this time we must make it a whole country for all who live here, so that all can speak
Full Transcript
00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:06.127
I am Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
00:00:06.337 --> 00:00:08.171
I am your commanding officer.
00:00:12.843 --> 00:00:15.999
It is a great pleasure
to see you all here today.
00:00:16.514 --> 00:00:20.934
It is my hope
that the same courage. . .
00:00:21.143 --> 00:00:26.982
. . .spirit and honor,
which has brought us together. . .
00:00:27.191 --> 00:00:29.651
. . .will one day restore this Union.
00:00:33.197 --> 00:00:34.864
May God bless us all !
00:00:34.949 --> 00:00:37.117
Yeah !
00:00:40.058 --> 00:00:42.872
Form companies?
00:00:43.999 --> 00:00:45.208
We will commence
with forming companies.
00:00:45.418 --> 00:00:48.001
Company officers, take charge.
00:00:49.088 --> 00:00:53.341
You recruits will report
to your respective officers. . .
00:00:53.551 --> 00:00:58.305
. . . by the letter of your company
in alphabetical order. . .
00:00:58.514 --> 00:01:03.997
. . .which is in the top left-hand corner
of your muster sheet.
00:01:21.037 --> 00:01:24.414
-Good book, brother?
-Yes, it is, actually.
00:01:24.624 --> 00:01:26.916
Name's Searles. Thomas Searles.
00:01:27.003 --> 00:01:29.711
Jupiter Sharts, sir.
What it about, that book?
00:01:29.092 --> 00:01:31.999
It's a collection of essays actually.
00:01:31.797 --> 00:01:35.383
Fourier, Emerson,
all the transcendentalists.
00:01:35.593 --> 00:01:38.097
-It got pictures?
-No.
00:01:39.001 --> 00:01:41.848
-Teach me?
-Yes, I'd be happy to.
00:01:54.654 --> 00:01:58.999
Will you look at what's
walking in here! Look at them.
00:01:58.574 --> 00:02:01.999
I'd rather have a hog than a nigger.
At least you could eat the hog !
00:02:01.952 --> 00:02:04.999
Getting dark mighty early
around here.
00:02:07.792 --> 00:02:11.001
Come on ! Show us a little dance,
will you, boys?
00:02:28.001 --> 00:02:31.999
Sergeant of the guard,
post your sentry.
00:02:31.565 --> 00:02:33.233
Yes, sir!
00:02:35.999 --> 00:02:37.999
Right there!
00:02:37.363 --> 00:02:38.905
Shoulder!
Want This Clip in HD?
Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →
Movie Summary
Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
Actors
Col. Robert Gould Shaw
