On Thu, 4 Aug 1994, Leslie Schwalm wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 11:30:06 -0500 (CDT)
> From: leslie schwalm <lschwalm@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
> Subject: Glory
>
> One of the respondents to Dolores' Janiewski's request for info on Glory
> and African American soldiers describes the film's portrayal of the
> whipping of an African American soldier as something that "would never
> happen." While I could not speak to the particulars of life and military
> punishment in the 54th per se, I do want to point out that whipping and
> other forms of corporal punishment were indeed inflicted upon African
> American (and white) soldiers, regardless of army regulations. See
> "Military Discipline, Punishment, and Justice," in _The Black Military
> Experience_, ed. by Ira Berlin, Joe Reidy, Leslie Rowland.
>
> Leslie Schwalm
> History Dept.
> University of Iowa
>
My comment was that this whipping would never have been ordered by Robert
Shaw. And in fact was not. However, I have always suspected the
whippings took place in other situations. Thank you for the reference.
Dennis
lawrence@tyrell.net