Glory Movie Historical Accuracy

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Is the “Glory” Movie Accurate?
“Glory”, a 1998 film starring the illustrious film stars Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman directed by Edward Zwick, describes the true nature of the treacherous acts against the African American race during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865. Like any historical film, it brings to the mind a question to all historians, “Was the movie accurate to the real historical events?” After a precise analysis, I’ve concluded that the events taken place in the film were, for the most part, correct. The film covers important dates and events. Such as the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry from its organization in the winter of 1863 to the assault against Fort Wagner in 1863. In May of 1863, the 54th completed its training and marched through Boston to embark for the front (a scene nicely depicted in Glory). About the same time the New York Tribune, the leading Northern newspaper and a supporter of arming blacks to fight for the Union and freedom, saw that most people now had accepted the fact the black men would fight for the union, but many still wondered whether blacks would make good soldiers. “Loyal whites have generally become willing that they should fight,” declared a Tribune editorial, “but the great majority have no faith …show more content…
During the next few hours, they more than justified the experiment. Forced by the ocean on one side and swamps on the other, they approached the fort along several hundred yards of narrow beach. The regiment moved forward steadily through bursting shells and murderous musketry, losing men every step of the way but continuing right up the ramparts and breaching the parapet before the immense strength of the works stopped them. “The portrayal of this attack in Glory is the most realistic combat footage in any Civil War movie I have seen,” wrote The New
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