During a tour of the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial at the National Gallery of Art, Senior Curator of Photographs Sarah Greenough described the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry's role in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. She also explained how the battle and the heroic actions of Sergeant William Carney were used for recruiting other African Americans in the Union Army.
During a tour of the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial at the National Gallery of Art, Senior Curator of Photographs Sarah Greenough described the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry's role in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. She also explained how the battle and the heroic actions of Sergeant William Carney were used for recruiting other African Americans in the Union Army.