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This is the story of Col. Robert G. Shaw (Matthew Broderick) and the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, one of the first black regiments to see action in the Civil War.

The film opens on the battle of Antietam Creek (Sharpsburg), in which Captain Shaw is slightly wounded.

He’s brought back to consciousness by John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman), a black gravedigger.

Recovering at home, he’s offered a promotion to Colonel and the command of the proposed new 54th Infantry.

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The majority of the film follows the unit in training. The regiment is presented in microcosm/cross-section by focusing on a tent containing Rawlins, a wise older man who is eventually promoted to Sergeant Major; Thomas Searles, a free-born Northerner (Andre Braugher); Trip, a runaway slave full of street smarts and hatred (Denzel Washington, in an Oscar-winning performance); and Jupiter Sharts, an insecure stutterer (Jihmi Kennedy).

The four actors stay convincingly in character, and their interchanges are o