. Memoirs of the war of '61. Colonel Charles Russell Lowell, friends and cousins . Volunteer Mili-tia, April 19, 1861. Second Lieutenant SecondMassachusetts Volunteers (Infantry), May 28,1861. First Lieutenant, July 8, 1861. Cap-tain, August 10, 1862. Colonel Infantry, April 17, 1863. Killed at FortWagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863. Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston,October 10, 1837. In 1851 the family went toEurope, and Robert passed a happy summer inSwitzerland. In November, 1852, he wrotefrom Neuchatel, full of interest in affairs inFrance. Have you seen that book Un
. Memoirs of the war of '61. Colonel Charles Russell Lowell, friends and cousins . Volunteer Mili-tia, April 19, 1861. Second Lieutenant SecondMassachusetts Volunteers (Infantry), May 28,1861. First Lieutenant, July 8, 1861. Cap-tain, August 10, 1862. Colonel Infantry, April 17, 1863. Killed at FortWagner, South Carolina, July 18, 1863. Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston,October 10, 1837. In 1851 the family went toEurope, and Robert passed a happy summer inSwitzerland. In November, 1852, he wrotefrom Neuchatel, full of interest in affairs inFrance. Have you seen that book UncleToms August 7, 1853 : Have youheard anything about the new Slave Law inIllinois.* I think it is much worse than the lawof 1850. Have you read the Key to UncleToms Ive been reading Uncle TomsCabin again, and always like it better thanbefore. I dont see how one man could domuch against slavery. In 1855: I read along account of the new Abolition Society ofNew York and of a slave having been burntalive in Alabama. I did not think this lastwould ever happen ROBERT GOULD SHAW ROBERT GOULD SHAW 33 Robert Shaw reached home in May and en-tered Harvard in August, 1856, In November,1861, he cast his first and only vote, for Lincolnand enlisted as private in the Seventh New-York National Guards, believing there mightbe trouble in the country after the inaugura-tion and he would not be willing to remain in anoffice if the country needed soldiers. April 18, 1861, he wrote his father a farewell note andleft in July, Lieutenant in the MassachusettsSecond Regiment, for the seat of war. Near Culpeper Court House at the Battle ofCedar Mountain, Shaw was serving as aide onGeneral Gordons staff. He writes, August 12, 1862, near Culpeper Court House: I was withGeneral Gordon, who sent me back to get someartillery through the woods. It was impossibleto do it because the brush was so thick, andbesides I hadnt been gone five minutes beforethe enemy got us under a cross fire a
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