COLONEL ROBERT GOULD SHAW'S DRUMMER BOY Robert Gould Shaw, the colonel and commander of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, called Alexander Johnson “the original drummer boy.” The 16-year-old peacetime sailor with a passion for percussion recalled the attack on Fort Wagner and the death of Shaw. Read my profile of Johnson in the New York Times: https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/colonel-shaws-drummer-boy/ "Life on the Civil War Research Trail" is hosted by Ronald

Another Colonel Suffers the Same Fate as Robert Gould Shaw at Fort Wagner Haldimand Sumner Putnam, an 1857 West Point graduate, began his Civil War service as a first lieutenant on the staff of Brig. Gen. Irwin McDowell. After distinguishing himself in action at the First Battle of Bull Run, Putnam returned to his home state of New Hampshire and raised a volunteer regiment. He became colonel and returned to the South as commander of the 7th New Hampshire Infantry. At Fort Wagner in July 1863, he

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