The Gallant Charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment
date: label: date made
content: 1863
label: date made
content: ca. 1863
name: label: depicted
content: Shaw, Robert Gould
label: maker
content: Currier & Ives
notes: label: Description
content: Chromolithograph by Currier & Ives titled "The Gallant Charge of the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts (Colored) Regiment on the Rebel Works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island near Charleston, July 18th, 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw." depicting the Second battle of Fort Wagner during the American Civil War. The print is a dramatized interpretation of the 54th Massachusetts' assault on the fort's parapets, featuring the mortal wounding of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the regimental flag that William Harvey Carney won the Congressional Medal of Honor for guarding, and hand-to-hand combat among Confederate and African American Union soldiers in the foreground.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: South Carolina, Morris Island
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: African American History
label: Subject
content: Confederacy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0010.09
label: accession number
content: 1978.0010
label: catalog number
content: 85356M
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0010.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Chromolithographs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in; 46.99 cm x 34.29 cm