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B lue-Eyed Child of Fortune B lue-Eyed Child Ffortune of THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF Colonel Robert Gould Shaw EDITED BY RUSSELL DUNCAN The University of Georgia Press Athens & London The University of Georgia Press paperback edition, 1999 © 1992 by The University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 All rights reserved Designed by Richard Hendel Set in Galliard by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Printed and bound by Maple-Vail The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 07 P 6 5 4 3 The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837–1863. Blue-eyed child of fortune : the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw / edited by Russell Duncan xxiii, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-404) and index. ISBN 0-8203-1459-5 (alk. paper) 1. Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837–1863 — Correspondence. 2. United States — Army — Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863–1865) — History. 3. Soldiers — United States — Correspondence. 4. Soldiers — Massachusetts — Correspondence. 5. United States — History — Civil War, 1861–1865 — Personal narratives. 6. Massachusetts — History — Civil War, 1861–1865 — Personal narratives. 7. United States — History — Civil War, 1861–1865 — Participation, African American. 8. Massachusetts — History — Civil War, 1861–1865 — Participation, African American. I. Duncan, Russell. II. Title. E513.5 54th .S53 1992 973.7'81'092 — dc20 91-46644 ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2174-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8203-2174-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available Frontispiece: Robert Gould Shaw, May 1863. Boston Athenaeum. ISBN for this digital edition: 978-0-8203-4277-1 For Bonnie This page intentionally left blank "... everything softened and made unreal by distance, poor little Robert Shaw erected into a great symbol of deeper things than he ever realized himself." —William James to Henry James, Jr. June 5,1897 This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Foreword by William S. McFeely / xi Preface / xv Editorial Method / xxi Abbreviations in Notes / xxv INTRODUCTION Robert Gould Shaw: A Biographical Essay / i CHAPTER ONE "Goodbye the Drum Is Beating" / 69 CHAPTER TWO "The Road through the Woods" /100 CHAPTER THREE "John Brown's Prison" / in CHAPTER FOUR "A Regular Old Jog Trot Camp Life" /130 CHAPTER FIVE "Ladies with Petticoats About" /154 CHAPTER SIX "What War Really Is" 1176 CHAPTER SEVEN "A Lull before the Storm" /199 CHAPTER EIGHT "Metallic Coffins" / 227 CHAPTER NINE "Even More than Mother" I 251 CHAPTER TEN "I as a Nigger Colonel" / 282.
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