'''''Glory''''' is an historical drama about [[Robert Gould Shaw]], a white [[New England]]er moved by his [[abolitionist]] sentiments to join the [[Union]] forces in the {{hl|American|Civil War}}. Promoted to [[colonel]], he is put in charge of an experimental all-black [[regiment]] of [[Massachusetts]] volunteers. His two best friends go with him (a white [[officer]] [[Cary Elwis]] and a black [[professor]] of [[literature]]<ref>He is an expert in the New England [[Transcendentalists]]</ref>), and the rules of military life strain his friendship with both. | '''''Glory''''' is an historical drama about [[Robert Gould Shaw]], a white [[New England]]er moved by his [[abolitionist]] sentiments to join the [[Union]] forces in the {{hl|American|Civil War}}. Promoted to [[colonel]], he is put in charge of an experimental all-black [[regiment]] of [[Massachusetts]] volunteers. His two best friends go with him (a white [[officer]] [[Cary Elwis]] and a black [[professor]] of [[literature]]<ref>He is an expert in the New England [[Transcendentalists]]</ref>), and the rules of military life strain his friendship with both. |