1. When Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the all-black 54th Regiment during the American Civil War, died at Fort Wagner, he was stripped and buried with his men as an insult. His father, however, proclaimed that he was proud to know that he rests with his brave and devoted soldiers. History Nerd, History Memes, History Facts, American Revolutionary War, American Civil War, American History, Weird Facts, Fun Facts, Crazy Facts