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Robert Gould Shaw

1837 - 1863

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Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast. Supporting the promised equal treatment for his troops, he encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to that of white troops' wage. He led his regiment at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Gould Shaw is the 1,574th most popular military personnel (down from 1,135th in 2019), the 5,761st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,326th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 1,574 out of 2,058. Before him are Cleitus the White, Illus, Nikolai Ruzsky, Hans von Funck, Doris Miller, and Jean Decoux. After him are Otto Deßloch, François Le Fort, Tommy Franks, Yakov Smushkevich, Erich Abraham, and Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 81. Before him are Tony Robert-Fleury, Amelia Dyer, Tigran Chukhajian, Georg von Kopp, Jacob Maris, and Ignatz Kolisch. After him are Jorge Isaacs, Charles Yerkes, Mubarak Al-Sabah, Wilhelm Lexis, Francis Marrash, and Elizabeth Jane Gardner. Among people deceased in 1863, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 37. Before him are Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, August Beer, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, William John Burchell, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Ludwig Emil Grimm. After him are Nikolai Turczaninow, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Edward Robinson, Jane Pierce, and Prince Frederick of Prussia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 5,761 out of 20,380. Before him are Roger Sherman (1721), Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Dean Jagger (1903), William Rehnquist (1924), Joe Haldeman (1943), and Charles Starkweather (1938). After him are Jimmy Fallon (1974), Betty Buckley (1947), Bill Goldberg (1966), Emmy Rossum (1986), Bruce Glover (1932), and David Miller (1909).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 97. Before him are James Longstreet (1821), Hal Moore (1922), Nathanael Greene (1742), Nelson A. Miles (1839), James M. Gavin (1907), and Doris Miller (1919). After him are Tommy Franks (1945), Arleigh Burke (1901), Richmond K. Turner (1885), Henry Halleck (1815), Carlos Hathcock (1942), and Christine Jorgensen (1926).

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