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>> henceforth shall this day take rank with the 4th of july. henceforth it becomes the date of a new and glorious era in the history of american liberty. now we'll see if lincoln is as good as his word. and the militia act paved the way for lincoln to fulfill one of frederick douglass' goals -- allowing black soldiers to fight for their own freedom. douglass himself recruits 100 men to join the new 54th massachusetts regiment, including his son, lewis. >> right shoulder. shift arms. >> the governor of massachusetts chooses robert gould shaw to lead the regiment. >> right face. >> with the eman...

At each other. >> the battle-hardened rebels throw back the union's first wave. to the north, robert gould shaw and the second massachusetts prepare to enter the fray. >> what's this? for my mother, in boston. if i should fall, shaw i want you to see that she gets it. >> it won't come to that dwight. second massachusetts, fall in! ♪ ♪ >> left! left! left! >> forward! >> left! left! left! left! left! >> americans had not seen so many of their fellow countrymen dead and wounded on a

Civil war's bloodiest battles. >> the fight begins at dawn as union general joe hooker's troops attack stonewall jackson's confederate corps. >> the southern army has drawn up in a defensive position, running roughly from a cornfield in the north down to some high ground in the south. and mcclellan throws his army at lee's northern flank. and you've got these two armies absolutely throwing themselves at each other. >> the battle-hardened rebels throw back the union's first wave. to the north, robert gould shaw and the second massachusetts prepare to enter the fray. >> what's this?

>> a letter. for my mother, in boston. if i should fall, shaw, i want you to see that she gets it. >> it won't come to that, dwight. second massachusetts, fall in! ♪ ♪ >> left! left! left! >> forward! >> left! left! left! left! left! >> americans had not seen so many of their fellow countrymen dead and wounded on a battlefield. all the bodies, it just staggered them. [ gunshots ] [ men whooping ] >> forward! forward, men! forward!