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Tell it with pride : the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial

Title: Tell it with pride : the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial / Sarah Greenough and Nancy K. Anderson ; with Lindsay Harris and Renée Ater ; foreword by Richard J. Powell.
Publication: Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art, [2013]

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Description

xvii, 209 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 29 cm

Summary

"On July 18, 1863, six months after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, one of the first American units composed of African Americans stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina, led by Colonel Robert Shaw Gould. Although the regiment suffered great losses, the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry legitimized the idea of blacks serving in the military, and Lincoln considered their sacrifice a turning point in the Civil War. Twenty years later, sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens began work on a bronze memorial for this heroic troop, which was installed on the Boston Common in 1897. Tell It With Pride explores the enduring significance of this beloved monument. Original daguerreotypes, carte-de-visite portraits, and a full listing of the regiment's members, along with vintage and contemporary artworks by Matthew Brady, Lewis Hine, and Carrie Mae Weems tell the story of the legacy of the Battle of Fort Wagner and the role of photography in memorializing the regiment then and now."--
"Published 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, this catalogue presents photographs of men who were part of one of the first African American regiments to fight for the Union in the Civil War and explores the way the Shaw Memorial and other works of art commemorate the sacrifices and hopes of the soldiers, their families, and communities"--

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"The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Exhibition dates: National Gallery of Art, Washington, September 15, 2013-January 20, 2014; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, February 23-May 26, 2014"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and the battle of Fort Wagner. Seeing what ought to be : photography and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment / Sarah Greenough -- The legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and the battle of Fort Wagner. For all time to come : memorializing Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment / Nancy K. Anderson -- Before the eyes of thousands : the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and the Shaw Memorial in twentieth-century art / Lindsay Harris -- Commemorating black soldiers : the African American Civil War memorial in Washington, DC / Renée Ater -- Roster of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment / compiled by Lindsay Harris, Zoë Samels, Nicole Stribling, and Megan Sweeney.

Call Number

Sc+ F 14-22

ISBN

9780300197730 (hardback)
030019773X (hardback)

LCCN

2013018395

OCLC

842350840

Title

Tell it with pride : the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial / Sarah Greenough and Nancy K. Anderson ; with Lindsay Harris and Renée Ater ; foreword by Richard J. Powell.

Publisher

Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art, [2013]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Greenough, Sarah, 1951- Seeing what ought to be.

Anderson, Nancy K. For all time to come.

Harris, Lindsay R. Before the eyes of thousands.

Ater, Renée. Commemorating black soldiers.

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Massachusetts Historical Society.

Research Call Number

Sc+ F 14-22

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