Col. Robert Gould Shaw's Glory Way (Staten Island)
Present name:Davis Avenue
Location:Richmond Terrace and Henderson Avenue
Honoree: Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863) came with his family to Staten Island in about 1846 and settled in the area now known as Livingston. In the Civil War, he was Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, the Union’s first black regiment. Under his leadership, the Regiment participated with distinction in the desperate attack on Fort Wagner, in which Shaw was mortally wounded. (RGPR)
LL: 1998/45