The movie Glory is a very touching and inspiring movie, and it is believed by many to be the best war movie of all time. The movie is based on the letters of Robert Gould Shaw and it is a true story about the formation of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts and the impact that they had on the outcome of the war.
             The story was largely seen through the eyes of Robert Gould Shaw, the young commanding officer of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. The Fifty-fourth was the first black regular army regiment in the Civil War.
             Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston on October 10, 1837. He died in action during the assault on Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863. He was born into a wealthy family of abolitionist parents. Shaw was brave and courageous and he possessed many other important qualities that helped him become a great leader.
             The story started out with Shaw serving as a Captain with the Second Massachusetts Infantry at the Battle of Antietam where he was wounded. Anteitam was one of General Lee's first mistakes of the war. The South had been winning most of the battles up until then and they had driven the Union Army back into the North. Lee then decided to take the offensive and attack the Yankees at Antietam, which is located in North Carolina. It was far from a victory for the North but they did hold their ground and, after the bloodiest battle of that time was fought, the South had to retreat and regroup.
             Shaw was recommended to be colonel of a new regiment of black volunteers. Among one of the first volunteers was Thomas Searles, a childhood friend of Robert's and whose father worked for Robert's father. Shaw accepted his appointment as colonel of the Fifty-fourth, even though he knew that the colored regiment would be extremely unpopular, and he asked his friend Cabot Forbes, who became Major Forbes, to help him take command of the regiment. The story then focused ...