Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune
Subtitle: The Civil War Letters of Col. Robert Gould Shaw
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780380721689
First sentence: In the fall of 1856, two great American educations glanced across one another.
Description: Robert Gould Shaw was a child of the Boston aristocracy. At the outbreak of America's Civil War, his strong sense of duty compelled him to enlist in the Union cause. And though he did not, at first, share his parents0 abolitionist views, in 1863 Shaw agreed to take command of the 54th Massachusetts, the nation's first all black fighting regiment —and, by doing so, helped to change the course of history.

Composed between his enlistment in 1861 and his tragic death in battle at age 26, these collected Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw are a moving testament to courage, commitment and honor —painting with Shaw's own words an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary soldier and an extraordinary time.
Notes: Includes illustrations.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by William S. McFeely
pagenum: xi; title: Preface
pagenum: xv; title: Editorial Method
pagenum: xxi; title: Abbreviations in Notes
pagenum: xxv; label: Introduction
title: Robert Gould Shaw: A Biographical Essay
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter One
title: "Goodbye the Drum Is Beating"
pagenum: 69; label: Chapter Two
title: "The Road through the Woods"
pagenum: 100; label: Chapter Three
title: "John Brown's Prison"
pagenum: 111; label: Chapter Four
title: "A Regular Old Jog Trot Camp Life"
pagenum: 130; label: Chapter Five
title: "Ladies with Petticoats About"
pagenum: 154; label: Chapter Six
title: "What War Really Is"
pagenum: 176; label: Chapter Seven
title: "A Lull before the Storm"
pagenum: 199; label: Chapter Eight
title: "Metallic Coffins"
pagenum: 227; label: Chapter Nine
title: "Even More than Mother"
pagenum: 251; label: Chapter Ten
title: "I as a Nigger Colonel"
pagenum: 282; label: Chapter Eleven
title: "The Camp at Readville"
pagenum: 295; label: Chapter Twelve
title: "So Fine a Set of Men"
pagenum: 315; label: Chapter Thirteen
title: "The Burning of Darien"
pagenum: 331; label: Chapter Fourteen
title: "Montgomery the Kansas Man"
pagenum: 353; label: Chapter Fifteen
title: "God Isn't Very Far Off"
pagenum: 371; label: Chapter Sixteen
title: "Nothing but Praise"
pagenum: 384; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 389; title: Appendix
pagenum: 397; title: Selected Bibliography
pagenum: 399; title: Index
pagenum: 413