JOHN ROWLINS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS A LEADER AND A BOOSTER OF MORALE.

PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS AN UNEXPERIENCED AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO WAS EAGER TO PROVE HIS WORTH IN BATTLE.

PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS AN INEXPERIENCED COLONEL WHO PROVED HIS WORTH TO HIS SOLDIERS AS HE LEARNED AND BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

WAS AN SOLDIER WHO WAS AN IMPORTANT TEACHER TO ROBERT SHAW DURING THE WAR AS HE FOUGHT VALIANTLY FOR HIS PEOPLE AND BUILT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH SHAW.

WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF SHAWS AND WAS IMPORTANT TO THE MORAL OF HIM.