What facts about the movie glory are true and which ones are false?
With the exception of Shaw, none of the primary characters are based on real people in the 54th. According to several historical sources, Shaw was shot through the heart and fell into Fort Wagner rather than falling outside of it. His men went in after him, and they were all killed. The Film “Glory” depicts the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry training through the Christmas holidays of presumably 1862 (after the September 1862 Battle of Antietam,) but the real 54th Massachusetts did not organize until March 1863, and were engaged in their first battle on James Island, SC on 16 July 1863, and then Battery Wagner (the final battle in the film) on 18 July 1863.
