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As many of the other students surely will, I chose the movie “Glory” as the film that had the greatest impact on me. Even though the documentary on the Civil War was very graphic and “real”, it didn’t grab my attention the same way as a movie could. “Glory” was able to bring me directly into the time period and capture my emotions because I was right there amongst the 54th Massachusetts Regiment from the beginning to the tragic end. The movie “Glory” displayed the tensions that existed between the people of our country during that time period. Racial conflicts as well as conflicts among those of the same race gave the war a very strong foundation. In my opinion, “Glory” did an excellent job of pointing out these conflicts through the individual characters in the movie. Colonel Shaw, the protagonist of the movie, starts off leading his troops into battle at Anteitem. His entire unit is slaughtered and luckily he survives and recovers in an army hospital. After he recovers he finds out that he will be placed as Colonel and commander of the first ever colored regiment. Shaw turns out to be the perfect man for the job because his devotion to the war is unrivaled. Shaw truly felt that all men were equal