The Columbus Dispatch

Sword of ‘Glory’ Civil War commander found

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BOSTON — The sword that belonged to the commanding officer of the first all-black regiment raised in the North during the U.S. Civil War has been recovered after being lost to history for more than 150 years.

The British-made sword carried into battle by Col. Robert Gould Shaw was stolen after he was killed during the 54th Massachuse­tts Voluntary Infantry’s doomed attack on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, in 1863.

The regiment’s story was told in the 1989 Oscar-winning movie “Glory.”

It was found recently in the attic of a home of one of Shaw’s sister’s descendant­s and is scheduled to go on display at the Massachuse­tts Historical Society on Tuesday, the anniversar­y of his death. changed the U.S. president’s mind about climate change.

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