"The historical backdrop against which Glory transpires is mostly historically accurate. In fact, a great deal of effort went into getting the details correct. The main events shown in the film happened much as they are depicted, some of the key characters (Shaw, Frederick Douglas, etc.) existed, and the outcome was as Zwick presents it. Many of the secondary characters are either partially or entirely fictionalized, but they are intended to represent a broad cross-section of the types of men who joined the Massachusetts 54th." This is an excerpt from a review by James Berardinelli.
The movie Glory goes through a huge amount of effort to create an accurate historical setting. All of the important events happened in reality in much the same way as in the movie, some of the main characters, like Shaw or Fredrick Douglas, actually existed, and the director presents an accurate outcome of the events. The secondary characters are fictionalized, at least to a partial extent, however they were written to represent the different kinds of people who enlisted in the 54th.
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