The movie Glory dramatizes the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North during the Civil War. The 54th Regiment from Massachusetts is a rag-tag company of inexperienced volunteers.

As the Union attempts to make their way toward Charleston, they must try to take out the thousand-man garrison at Fort Wagner on the Atlantic shore. The Union army will have to make a vulnerable frontal assault on the Confederate stronghold. Despite the risks, Colonel Shaw (Matthew Broderick) requests that his 54th Regiment be granted permission to lead the attack.

The scene opens the night before the planned attack. With Shaw in his tent, his men gather around a campfire singing and praying. In this spontaneous worship service, they verbalize their dependence on God.

While one man plays a scrub board and another plays a harmonica, members of the Regiment sing and clap with joy. One soldier stands up, holding his Bible, and begins to pray aloud:

"Tomorrow we goin' to battle. So, Lordy, let me fight with the rifle in one hand and the Good Book in the other. [The men respond with shouts of amen.] That if I should die at the muzzle of the rifle, die on water or on land, I may know that you, blessed Jesus Almighty, are with me and I have no fear. Amen!"

The men affirm his words with a chorus of "O My Lord, Lord, Lord." Then another soldier stands up to lead in prayer:

"Lord, we stand before you this evening to say thank you. We thank you, Father, for your grace and your many blessings. Now, I ran off and left all my youngins and my kinfolk in bondage. So I stand here this evening, Heavenly Father, to ask your blessing on all of us, so that if tomorrow is our 'great getting up morning,' or if tomorrow we have to meet on Judgment Day, O Heavenly Father, we want you to let our folks know that we died facing the enemy. We want them to know that we went down standing up amongst those that are fighting against oppression. We want them to know, Heavenly Father, that we died for freedom. We ask these blessings in Jesus' name. Amen."

Elapsed Time: Measured from when the studio logo appears, the scene begins at 01:27:13

Content: Rated R for graphic violence; contains some profanity