Glory – Movie: 54th Mass Reg’t Starts Assault on Ft. Wagner
of the US Army to be made up entirely of African American men (apart from the officers). The first was the 1st South Carolina Volunteers. Comparisons with historical fact en.wikipedia.org 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry en.wikipedia.org Robert Gould Shaw – Colonel commanding 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry en.wikipedia.org – Soundtrack: James Horner composed the soundtrack to the film. One of the most popular tracks is Charging Fort Wagner. This music plays when the regiment …
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54th Massachusetts Regiment request the HONOR of leading the Assault on Ft. Wagner SIR!!!!!!!!
Hooah!
They don’t even teach history anymore. It’s all revision and how the evil imperial white man raped the land and stole from the natives. *yawn*
I can’t watch the end of this film. Bothers me too much.
i could understand that we had to watch this in school and i cried
i love this movie the end always makes me cry
Maybe you need to watch it again so you can get your facts straight about the movie.
outstanding movie. But very misunderstood. It is not about color…it is about freedom and the right to live how you choose. Black men were not the only ones to fight for their freedom. Whites fought this war along side them….I see MEN wanting freedom….not black and white….but brave men fighting evil…..
I wish they would have made an alternative ending where Morgan Freeman would storm the fort Rambo style and capture the it all by himself, cause he’s Morgan Freeman.
On a more serious note, this is one of my favorite movies. I didn’t want it to end. The acting is superb, the music is absolutely amazing, and it really makes you appreciate the sacrifice that was made by these men.
Filme maravilhoso. Ótimos atores.
this movie is one of my favs, its crazy to think how many men black and white died in this war and how much they sacrificed to keep this country whole and yet still in this day and age their is still incredible amounts of racial tension and racism
seeing this makes me so glad the Confederates lost.
When i watched this movie i just wished i could go back in time and go in a plane and bomb that fort so all those people didn’t have to die.
the first and earliest modern warfare.
Give em hell, 54!
Of all the great endings: Braveheart, Schindler’s List, To Kill a Mockingbird, Field of Dreams, and the list goes on, this is by far my favorite. The music and acting is incredibly powerful. The scene with Broderick looking out at the ocean then back at the smoking and booming blasts of the canons that fortell of his fate so captures the irony of war…amidst all of nature’s beauty and tranquility, we can create such despair. Chilling. Great movie in every aspect!!
Excellent, outstanding! Good to know your heritage.
The soundtrack on this was excellent. The movie was outstanding.
Attacking the fort with infantry was foolish. During the entire campaign the Union lost 1,511 men and the Confederates lost 179 men. Almost a 10-1 ratio.
My GGGG-Grandfather served in the 6th Connecticut, Captain of Company B. (Benjamin Franklin Prouty). The 6th Conn lost 141 men out of 300. 76th PA lost 208 men. 54th Mass lost 256 men.
The Confederates had 1,700 men in the fort.
I feel the same way about that scene. What a great performance to show the despair his character must have felt knowing the fate that awaited him.
yeah. I like how the white guy who got into a fight with them ends upc heering for them.
i thank me ancestors for fighting a war where both sides wanted slavery , we shall be free one day ~! peace and love to the conscience minds
only if all union soldiers got henrey rifles and more gattling guns they would surley won this battle.
Well I guess Columbus being known as a hero was a better theory?
I think this is one of a few movies a man can get choked up or cry and not feel any less manly…I shed some manly tears watching this movie.
yeah we watched this in school EVERYONE was crying.. i fell in love with this movie
same thing happened to me i just saw it today and im searching it on you tube already i also saw it at school