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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02095.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection relating to Charles Sumner |
| Title | Charles Sumner to Epes Sargent regarding poetry and their relationship |
| Date | 15 September 1863 |
| Author | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) |
| Recipient | Sargent, Epes |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Sumner thanks Sargent for his sympathetic praise. Writes, "The verses on Shaw I had enjoyed before, & had sent to England," likely a reference to Sargent's poem, "Colonel Shaw: On Hearing that the Rebels Had Buried His Body Under a Pile of Twenty Five Negroes," Boston Evening Transcript, 4 August 1863. Contains a 12 September 1878 autograph note signed by Sargent on page 2, giving a brief biography of Sumner: "Charles Sumner, United States Senator from Massachusetts... -a very conspicuous man in his day. He was a classmate of my brother, John O. Sargent, and we were intimate from my boyhood. Many years ago Sumner lectured at Auburn, Mass., and I delivered a poem the same evening. We put up at a house where they could give us but one bed: so we had to sleep together." |
| Subjects | African American History African American Troops Poetry Politics Congress Civil War Military History Literature and Language Arts Union Forces Battle |
| People | Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Sargent, Epes (1813-1880) Sargent, John Osborne (1811-1891) Shaw, Robert Gould (1837-1863) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Education; African Americans; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sargent was a poet, author, editor, and playwright. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a famous African American regiment, until he was killed in action during the regiment's assault on Fort Wagner in July 1863. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |