'Cause we men ain't we...part 3

So here we go into part 3 of the Glory revision!

So I basically want to work on the assault on Battery Wagner, also known as the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. There was another assault made a week earlier in which 12 confederates were killed as opposed to 330 federal losses. As I mentioned before, the assault came from the other side so that the ocean was on the right of the men. In the movie, Shaw volunteers the 54th for the attack, however, in reality, it never happened that way. General George Crockett Strong asked Shaw if he wanted to lead the attack. Shaw could have declined, but after some consideration, decided to go in first because "if black men could storm the fort and open the door to the birthplace of the rebellion, the symbolism would be enormous."

Next comes the part where Matthew Broderick says, "If this man should fall, who will lift the flag and carry on?" Thomas responds that he will. False. The question was actually asked by General Strong, and Shaw responded that he would. After the first bearer and Shaw fell, Sergeant William Harvey Carney picked it up, carried it to the battery, and all the way back again, receiving four wounds in the process. He became the first black recipient of the medal of honor.

The manner in which Shaw dies in the film is actually fairly accurate, however, his final words were "Forward, fifty-fourth!" and he made it to the top of the parapet before being shot several times in the chest. His body actually tumbled into the fort. Shaw was buried with his soldiers in a mass grave, but his body was stripped of its uniform and he was thrown in first, with his men on top. The confederates intended this to be an insult, but Shaw's father later states that he was proud his son was buried with his men.

The federals never did take Wagner by storm, however, confederate forces abandoned the fort on Sept. 7th 1863, after 60 days of siege and bombardment.

Is this finally it? Could there be more? You'll have to tune in tomorrow to find out...