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Robert Gould Shaw was just 25 years old when he was killed leading a regiment of black soldiers into battle during the American Civil War. [1]

The son of prominent Boston abolitionists, Robert Gould Shaw was born October 10, 1837, to Francis and Sara Shaw. [2]

Robert Gould Shaw is best remembered in history as the brave colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts in their fearless charge at Fort Wagner. [3]

Robert Gould Shaw was born in Boston on October 10, 1837, the only son of Francis George and Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw. [4]

After distinguishing himself in battle, Shaw was picked to lead the 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of black soldiers raised following Abraham Lincoln ’s Emancipation Proclamation. [5]

As the 7th NYS was only a short-term regiment, Shaw, who wished to remain in the service, applied for a permanent commission in a Massachusetts regiment. [2]

Robert Gould Shaw was born on October 10, 1837 in Boston, Massachusetts, the second child and only son of Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw. [6]

Shaw was born into a wealthy Boston family and attended Harvard University before enlisting in the U.S. Army early in the Civil War. [5]

The original plans had been for the regiment to march through Baltimore, but due to the attack there on members of the 6th Massachusetts just days before, it was decided that the 7th New York would board steamers and land at Annapolis. [4]

His service in the Union army during the Civil War changed his life; he was a capable soldier who fought at Antietam (1862) and at Cedar Creek (1864) and who loved military life. [1]

Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 ‘ July 18, 1863) was the colonel in command of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which entered the American Civil War in 1863. [7]

The following was a lecture presented by Kathy Dahle back in June of 1997 to The American Civil War History Special Interest Group which, for AOL subscribers only, still meets every Thursday night at 11 PM ET in the Golden Gates chatroom. [4]

Shaw was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a prominent abolitionist family. [7]

The regiment suffered terrible losses and would be tested again on September 17 at the Battle of Antietam, considered the bloodiest single day in the war. [...]… after enduring the horrors of this event, he wished more than ever that the war would end. [6]

Sources:
[1] Robert Gould Shaw: Biography from Answers.com
[2] Colonel Robert Gould Shaw - American Civil War Colonel Robert Gould …
[3] Index to Robert Gould Shaw’s Pages
[4] Robert Gould Shaw Bio
[5] Robert Gould Shaw Biography from Who2.com
[6] MySpace.com - Robert Gould Shaw - 26 - Male - BOSTON, Massachusetts …
[7] Robert Gould Shaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

100: Brian Gayle (O) 11.4; 200: Shoni Downes (O) 23.6; 400: Dan Cuevas (O) 51.8; 800: Evan Petrovich (O) 2:04.5; 1600: Moheb Thomas (O) 4:42.7; 3200: Billy Crane (O) 10:39.5; 1600 relay: Old Bridge (Gemini Nazaneo, Petrovich, Chris Foltis, Jeff Tuazon) 3:44.5; 110 hurdles: Kittim Sherrod (E) 20.0; 400 hurdles: Simon Montique (E) 1:12.0; High jump: Andre Davis (O) 5-10; Pole vault: Carl Pearson (E) 9-6; Long jump: Davis (O) 19-6 1/2; Triple jump: Claudio Palanca (E) 38-4; Shot put: Jorge Merino (O) 56-4 1/4; Discus: Merino (O) 147-6; Javelin: Davis (O) 123-3. [1]

Edison quarterback Erik Janz helped put the Eagles on top 7-0 with a 67-yard pass play to Kittim Sherrod. [2]

With Williams no longer a target for Janz, senior Kittim Sherrod is expected to fill the void at receiver. [3]

We have a good receiver back in Kittim Sherrod and we have three new kids who are looking good.” [4]

The Edison High School football team snapped a five-game losing streak to win its third straight Turkey Day meetingwith crosstown rival J.P. Stevens by a score of 33-21. [2]

After a completing a winning season of 8-3 in 2000, Edison went 8-52 before completing another winning season in 2007 at 6-4. [4]

The days of winless season after winless season are a thing of the past for the Edison High School football team. [...] Under head coach Matt Fulham, low expectations and fundamentally unsound football has disappeared from the Edison gridiron. [3]

PHOTOS BY RICH GRAESSLE Above: J.P. Stevens quarterback Charles Conley (1) scores a touchdown during his team’s game against Edison on Nov. 27. [2]

“We won our first game last year (North Brunswick), then lost three in a row,” said Fulham. [4]

Janz, Edison’s Most Valuable Player for the game, ran the team’s second score into the Stevens end zone from 28 yards out. [2]

Janz, who came into the season with more than 2,200 career yards and 21 touchdowns, only threw the ball eight times for 56 yards against South Plainfield. [4]

100: Tamir Haney (PA) 11.6; 200: Rickey Benjamin (PA) 24.4; 400: Ricky Harzula (SP) 55.6; 800: Teddy Skwiat (SP) 2:11; 1600: Skwiat (SP) 4:56; 3200: Joe Lacerda (SP) 11:10; 1600 relay: Perth Amboy (Junior Pena, Teray Savage, Justin Madden, Benjamin) 3:53.7; 110 hurdles: Kurt Carlson (SP) 15.3; 400 hurdles: Carlson (SP) 59.3; High jump: Benjamin (PA) 5-10; Pole vault: Harzula (SP) 7-0; Long jump: Grady Banks (PA) 19-9; Triple jump: Brandon Yellock (SP) 40-8; Shot put: Steven Diaz (SP) 41-7 1/2; Discus: Nate Eliasen (SP) 125-3; Javelin: Andrew Ritchie (SP) 136-2. [5]

The senior hopes to lead the Eagles to the playoffs after going 6-4 in 2007. [3]

100: Jawan Wynn (PIS) 11.4; 200: Wynn (PIS) 23.8; 400: Hakeem Miller (PIS) 52.9; 800: Lance Weaver (PIS) 2:16; 1600: Phil Awich (PIS) 4:51; 3200: Cullen Davis (NB) 10:57; 1600 relay: Piscataway (Miller, Jones, Grant, Coneo) 3:56; 110 hurdles: Patrick Jones (PIS) 14.6; 400 hurdles: Jones (PIS) 59.0; High jump: Nini Adenugba (NB) 6-0; Pole vault: Adenugba (NB) 7-6; Long jump: Jihad Marshall (PIS) 19-3; Triple jump: Osagie Ighadaro (PIS) 37-3 1/2; Shot put: Quincy Foster (PIS) 42-4; Discus: Marcus Bailey (PIS) 118-4; Javelin: Bryan Martinez (NB) 148-11. [5]

Sources:
[1] HNT Boys Track Results | mycentraljersey.com | MyCentralJersey.com
[2] Edison beats Stevens, finishes season at 4-6 | ems.gmnews.com | Edison …
[3] Edison football banking on senior leadership this season | ems.gmnews …
[4] HNT Football Notebook: Edison looks to turn corner after bye week …
[5] Courier News Home News Tribune

He was on the NBA All-Defensive team the previous seven seasons and was runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year the last three seasons. [1]

Most important, the Rockets closed within one game of the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs for the top seed in the Western Conference. [2]

The suspension, leveled for Friday night’s Spurs-Pistons matchup at The Palace, ended Bowen’s consecutive-games streak at 500. [1]

MIAMI — NBA scoring leader Dwyane Wade scored 25 of his 38 points in the first half to help Miami win its third straight game. [...] PHOENIX — Amare Stoudemire had 22 points and 20 rebounds, Leandro Barbosa scored 25 points and Phoenix ended a four-game losing streak. [3]

Most importantly, the Rockets closed within one game of the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs for the top seed in the Western Conference. [4]

Celtics 100, 76ers 86: At Philadelphia, Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 12 rebounds to help Boston reach 50 victories for the first time in 16 years. [2]

“It’s so important, in a close game, to come out and set the tone in the first couple minutes of the second half,” Battier said. [5]

HOUSTON - Houston coach Rick Adelman reminded his team what’s at stake beyond preserving one of the NBA’s all-time winning streaks. [2]

The Rockets won their 10th straight game by double digits, tying an NBA record last set by the Nets in 2004. [4]

Tracy McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and Houston routed cold-shooting New Jersey 91-73 on Monday night for its 19th consecutive victory, matching the third-longest streak in league history. [2]

Tracy McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and Houston routed cold-shooting New Jersey 91-73 on Monday night for its 19th consecutive victory, matching the third-longest winning streak in league history. [4]

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets ‘ 21st consecutive victory gave them the second-longest winning streak in NBA history and a share of first place in the Western Conference. [5]

O.J. Mayo scored 18 points, giving him double figures in points in his first 20 NBA games — the longest streak since Larry Bird hit double-digits in his first 20 games with Boston in 1979-80. [3]

Houston shot 46 percent (34-of-74) and pulled away by smothering the Nets on defense and outrebounding them 41-29. [4]

Sources:
[1] NBA.com - NBA’s Longest Consecutive-Games Streak Ends
[2] Houston wins again; within game of 2nd-longest NBA streak
[3] NBA Capsules - NBA - ESPN
[4] Rockets sit one game away from tying NBA’s second-longest win streak
[5] Charlotte Bobcats vs. Houston Rockets - Recap - March 14, 2008 - ESPN

Obama says he found religion and Jesus Christ through Wright, whom he met in the mid-1980s. [1]

Obama has said he found religion through Wright in the 1980s and consulted him before deciding to run for president. [...] Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and his Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, honored Farrakhan at a gala, bestowing on him its Rev. [...] Farrakhan has repeatedly made hate-filled statements targeting Jews, whites, America, and homosexuals. [2]

In sermons and interviews, Dr. Wright has equated Zionism with racism and Israel with South Africa under its previous policy of apartheid. [1]

At the G-20 meeting, Bush agreed to subject the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and our other regulatory agencies to the supervision of a global entity that would critique its regulatory standards and demand changes if it felt they were necessary. [3]

Iran has carried out missile tests for what could be a plan for a nuclear strike on the United States, the head of a national security panel has warned. [4]

Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work. [5]

In one month of legislation and one diplomatic meeting, the United States has unilaterally abdicated all the gains for the concept of free markets won by the Reagan administration and surrendered, in total, to the Western European model of socialism, stagnation, and excessive government regulation. [...] Where Franklin Roosevelt saved capitalism by regulating it, Bush, to say nothing of Obama, has given the government control over our major financial and insurance institutions. [3]

Television station KUSA reported that when hundreds of voter registration forms appeared suspect, election officials investigated and found a woman forging the forms, for which she received $50 a piece. [5]

Born in Hawaii, Obama is the son of a white Christian mother from Kansas and a Kenyan father who was a Muslim but was not religious. [2]

One group of tests that troubled Graham, the former White House science adviser under President Ronald Reagan, were successful efforts to launch a Scud missile from a platform in the Caspian Sea. [4]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), a European-dominated operation, would conduct “regular vigorous reviews” of American financial institutions and practices. [3]

In 1977 a Democrat Congress passed and President Jimmy Carter signed The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), and the ACORN Housing Corporation (AHC) was instrumental in its passage. [5]

Sources:
[1] Newsmax.com - Barack Obama’s Racist Church
[2] Newsmax.com - Obama’s Minister Honored Farrakhan
[3] Newsmax.com ‘ Bush Hands Over Reins of U.S. Economy to EU
[4] Newsmax.com - U.S. Intel: Iran Plans Nuclear Strike on U.S.
[5] Newsmax.com ‘ Obama, Voter Fraud & Mortgage Meltdown

Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and Memphis guard O.J. Mayo are unanimous selections to the All-Rookie team. [1]

Derrick Rose scored 28 points and blocked Rajon Rondo’s potential game-winner, and John Salmons scored 35, as the Bulls beat the defending champions 128-127 in triple overtime Thursday night to tie the first-round series at three games apiece. [2]

The Bulls scored just two points in the fourth quarter’s first 2 1/2 minutes. [3]

Another overtime thriller has the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics heading for a Game 7. [2]

I’m posting these answers in between shootaround and Game 6 so if the Bulls lose Thursday night, we’ll post another, season-ending installment in a day or two. [...] The Sports Guy answers the most burning questions about the 2009 NBA playoffs, including whether Rajon Rondo’s foul was flagrant. [1]

Russell Delaney, issued the oath of enlistment to the new recruits at center court of the Berto Center while parents, recruiters, recruit division commanders (RDC), Bulls management personnel and the entire Bulls roster looked on. [4]

They still had a shot to win at the end of regulation, but Ben Gordon missed a 20-foot jumper. [2]

By the way, if any of you players want to raise your hands and take the oath, we are always hiring,” said Peterson, in a speech before the enlistment oath was given. [...] “The Chicago Bulls and the U.S. Navy partnership have many things in common. [4]

Through five games, the Bulls’ series with the Boston Celtics has been an instant classic. [1]

Luol Deng scored 32 points and Ben Gordon added 29 as the Chicago Bulls barely fell short for most points in franchise history in a 151-135 victory over the Bucks in Milwaukee. [3]

Win a Penthouse Suite, one of five Autographed Authentic Player Jerseys, or one of 10 pairs of 100 Level tickets! [5]

With eight games left, the 11th-place Bulls trail Atlanta by five and have to climb over New Jersey and Indiana to make their fourth straight postseason appearance. [...] Andres Nocioni recorded 22 points and five rebounds and Luol Deng scored 19, but the Bulls couldn’t overcome the visiting Magic, falling 104-84. [3]

Sources:
[1] ESPN.com: Chicago Bulls Clubhouse
[2] Chicago Bulls News, Scores, Schedule, Stats - Yahoo! Sports
[3] BULLS: 2007.08 Chicago Bulls Game-by-Game Recaps
[4] Bulls Score Partnership With Navy
[5] BULLS: “Subscribe & Score” with mybulls!