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Submitted: 11/28/10 • Approved: 11/29/10 • Last Updated: 11/16/15 • R35575-G35575-S3
The monument of Robert G. Shaw as a Cenotaph
buried in in Fort Wagner, Morris Island South Carolina.
That grave was washed away during a storm.
7th New York Militia, 2nd Lieut;
1st Lieut, Co. H 2nd Mass. Infantry
Commisioned Major then Colonel, 54th Mass Colored Infantry
Killed during battle at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina
Oct 10, 1837
July 18, 1863
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