Monday, September 12, 2016

Paraphrase Practice

"Glory, the epic account of the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first all-black regiments in the Civil War, contains numerous historical inaccuracies. Some of them are minor. For instance, the regiment’s climactic assault against Battery Wagner, the Confederate stronghold guarding Charleston harbor, actually took place from south to north, rather than north to south as depicted in the movie." 
 (excerpt from Ashbrook University review of the movie Glory)

My paraphrase:
The movie Glory, a tribute to the first account of an African-American regiment during the Civil war called the 54th Massachusetts, was not very historically accurate. Some of the mistakes are not major. For example, the iconic attack on Fort Wagner actually was fought from the south to the north, not the north to the south as is shown in the film.

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