tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680042.post877891036670341487..comments2023-08-22T02:50:51.382-05:00Comments on Ms. Miller's Art Blog: 07/08 Academic Decathlon Art Selection #5Tag art teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03731034841123086244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680042.post-79676036511840426632007-07-07T16:52:00.000-05:002007-07-07T16:52:00.000-05:00-Took August St. Gaudens over a dozen years to cre...-Took August St. Gaudens over a dozen years to create.<BR/><BR/>- started as a single statue of colonel shaw on a horse, like most military statues, but the idea of a white commander followed by an army of black soldiers seemed a lot more appropriate for the cause.<BR/><BR/>-The Massachusettes fifty fourth was an all african american regiment. The regiment is most well known for it's successful attack on Fort Wagner in south carolina, which was a bastion of confederate secession.<BR/><BR/>-the battle was considered by lincoln as a turning point in the war.<BR/><BR/>-Prejudices against african americans had led many at the time to think that blacks lacked military discipline.<BR/><BR/>- frederick douglas's own sons were in the regiment.<BR/><BR/>-Robert Gould Shaw, son of two prominent abolitionists from Boston, was recruited as the regiment's officer because military policy forbid an african american to serve as officers.<BR/><BR/>-Fort Wagner was an important, seemingly invincible fortification gaurding the strategic harbor of Charleston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com