 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Colonel Shaw neRegiyoni yechi54 vakaiswa pasi pomurayiro waGeneral Quincy Adams Gillmore ndokutumirwa kuCharleston, South Carolina kunotora rutivi mukuedza kwechipiri kutora Charleston. Kuti vaite kudaro, vaifanira kutora Fort Wagner, iyo yaidzivirira nzira yokumaodzanyemba yokuenda kuchiteshi chengarava. Boka guru revarwi veConfederate rakanga raiswa ipapo. Nhare yacho yakanga yakashongedzerwa zvakanaka nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzezvombo zvinorema. Simba rose revadziviriri rakaderedzwa nekutungamira kweMubatanidzwa. Kuedza kweUnited kwakatsigirwa nemamwe mabrigade maviri, asi nzira yacho yakanga yakamanikana uye rimwe chete regiment raigona kurwisa panguva. MuhondoMusi waJuly 18, 1863, 54th yakasvika pamusasa masikati uye yakabva yamirira kuti isapindire usiku. Pashure pokurwiswa zvine simba kubva mugungwa 54th yakaenda mberi kunotora mabhatiri eConfederate. Shaw akatungamirira varume vake muhondo, achishevedzera kuti Pamberi, makumi mashanu nemana, mberi! Vane makumi mashanu nevana vakapfuura mugero ndokukwira chikomo chine matope chorusvingo rwokunze. Nokumiswa kwebhomba rengarava, varwi veConfederate vakanga vasisina kukuvadzwa vakasiya nzvimbo dzavo dzakanga dzisina kuputika mabhomba ndokutangazve kumira pamasvingo. Mukutarisana nomwoto wakasimba wechi54 wakazeza. Shaw akakwira paratidziro ndokukurudzira varume vake mberi, asi akapfurwa muchipfuva katatu. Kupfurikidza nouchapupu hwomutariri mukuru weboka racho, rufu rwake rwakaitika pakuvamba muhondo, uye akawira kunze kweimba huru. Mamwe mashoko eConfederate anoti muviri wake wakarohwa kanosvika kanomwe. Kurwisana kwacho kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi kusvikira na10 manheru apo mauto eUnion akadzoka, ava kurasikirwa zvikuru. Pakati pevakafa paiva naGeneral George Crockett Strong, akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa; Colonel Haldimand S. Putnam akapfurwa ndokuurawa pakarepo; uye Colonel John Lyman Chatfield, akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa. Rejimendi raShaw rechi54 ndiro rakarasikirwa zvikuru. 