The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/GentPc on 2024-12-05 02:19:53.

Original Title: TIL That Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the 54th Massachusetts portrayed in the movie ‘Glory’, was buried with his troops in a mass grave at Fort Wagner upon his death. Though the Confederates did so as an insult Shaw’s family and friends believed he would have considered it an honor.