"On the Parapets of Battery Wagner" sketch in <i>The True Story of Glory Continues</i>
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content: <p>"On the Parapets of Battery Wagner" painted sketch from artist's sketchbook used in <i>The True Story of Glory Continues</i>. The grayscale sketch depicts the death of Col. Shaw (written below in pencil). This is part of a set of sketches from "A Swamp Angel's Sketchbook,” which contains concepts for the film <i>Glory</i>.</p>
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content: <p><i>Glory</i> was the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The film follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first African American Union regiment organized in the North during the Civil War, and culminates in the Battle at Fort Wagner.</p>
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Motion Pictures
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content: Civil War
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content: Movie
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content: Motion Pictures
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Movie Collection
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content: Paul Culberg
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 1991.0279.19
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content: 1991.0279
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content: 1991.0279.19
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content: sketch
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content: overall: 16 1/8 in x 21 in; 40.9575 cm x 53.34 cm