Comments on: Glory – Movie: 54th Mass Reg’t Starts Assault on Ft. Wagner

By: rebel2276

rebel2276 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:09:05 +0000

If you fill out any government form, it will have “African American” under number two, describing your race. I never, ever put check number one, (White/Caucasian). I find that offensive. I also check “Eight” and fill in “European-American”. If you are English, Irish, Scottish, German, etc you are “European”.

Before they would have just “White” and “Black” on Government forms and the Military.

I rather address my men as African-American then Black. I have men of all colors out here.

By: sukneh

sukneh — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:45:04 +0000

Typo on my part – ‘54th,’ not ‘43th’. 200 – rather alot, really!. But I don’t believe there is such a thing as an African American. I’m certain sure the men of the 54th and the USCT would be offended to be called anything more – or anything less, than Americans. We don’t call the Puritans English Americnas, yet the first Africans were bought from Africans and sold to Virginians before the Mayflower. This is the ideal of the Union . “Liberty and union now and forever one and inseparable.”

By: rebel2276

rebel2276 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:09:39 +0000

I believe you, Captain Emilio was in the 23rd Massachusetts. I believe enlisted. I have all of the names off of the African-American Civil War memorial.

I had a family member that was in the 8th Vermont (Enlisted) and he joined the 74th USCT. He was a first Lieutenant and later the adjutant. His name was Elijah King Prouty.

Over 200 Prouty’s fought in the Civil War, but he was the only one that was in a USCT regiment.

By: sukneh

sukneh — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:31:51 +0000

In his “A Brave Black Regiment,, Captain Luis F. Emilio , officer in the 43th, includes Col. Shaw’s acceptance speech during presentation of the regiment’s colors. It mentions the three flags. I don’t have the book to hand or I could give you page number.

By: rebel2276

rebel2276 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:51:26 +0000

During the American Revolution the slaves were not freed even when our side won the war. Back then there were 500,000 Africans in the colonies.

British officers nailed notes to trees, “Any slaves that join the British Army will have their freedom”.

Over 100,000 Africans joined the British. Our founding fathers should have freed the slaves when they defeated the British.

By: falldarkraven3

falldarkraven3 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:37:10 +0000

Your right in letting every race fight but they where fighting to become on country not for freedom.

The fight from freedom was the American Revolution against the British.

By: rebel2276

rebel2276 — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:30:26 +0000

Yes, it is an excellent movie and about time a USCT regiment got the respect that they deserved.

Since the Confederacy did not want them to fight, that was their fault and down fall.

Had I been the President of the Confederacy, I would have asked for ALL males, regardless of color to fight for their freedom.

Because the South did not, they lost.

By: rebel2276

rebel2276 — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:28:04 +0000

I don’t want to lie or BS you, I do not know if they brought a “Cross Flag” into combat. That would be unusual though. Union regiments carried the National Flag (Stars and Stripes) and their Regimental Flag. In the movie Glory, that flag was the white flag with the Massachusetts State Arms on it.

Look for Greg Bigg’s Capture Tennessee flags, Union and Confederate. Mr. Biggs is the leading authority on Northern American flags. Howard Maddus passed away about a year and half ago.

By: sukneh

sukneh — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:11:13 +0000

Good point about the 54th’s colors. I thought the regiment carried 3 flags: US, MA, and the cross. Look forward to your book

By: Polomance862

Polomance862 — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:53:00 +0000

I fell in love with this movie after watching it in history class, This movie made me cry, after 4th period and i was walking home, i just let it out. it was such a powerful movie, some kids were choking up or getting teary eyed. If i could watch it again, i totally would. the music to me is what would always get to you. shows how sad it was.