what are some scenes in the movie Glory that are not historically correct?
Question by Lizeth Y: what are some scenes in the movie Glory that are not historically correct?
like things the flim wrighter made up in the movie to make it more interesting but werent facts in our actual history
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Answer by FJS
The film depicts the 54th Masachusetts Infantry Regiment training through the Christmas holidays of 1862 (after the September 1862 Battle of Antietam), but the real 54th Massachusetts did not organize until March 1863, just four months before attacking Fort Wagner in the climactic scene.
At one point Shaw tells Sergeant Major Mulcahy “at ease.” During the Civil War this command did not exist. The command would have been “rest” or “in place rest.”
Robert Gould Shaw was the one responsible for inspiring his troops to refuse a lesser pay.
When Rawlins is promoted to Sergeant-Major on the boats, he is called to front and center. As he does so, he salutes, with his palm facing forwards, to the officers. However, in the next shot, his palm is facing down to the ground. In the film, Shaw asks who will carry the colors if they should fall during the assault on Fort Wagner. In reality, it was General Strong who asked this question, and Shaw was the one who volunteered to carry them.
During the final battle scene with the 54th forming up for the attack on Fort Wagner on the beach, the ocean is to their left. This would mean that they were headed south instead of north. Fort Wagner was actually attacked from the south. Therefore, the Atlantic Ocean should be on the right, not the left.
As Rawlins hands out the Enfield rifles, he calls out each one’s serial number. Authentic Enfield rifles don’t have serial numbers, but the reproductions do.
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