The movie "Glory", was realistic in both its physical and mental representation of that era. The White soldiers and civilians during that time were considerably more racist compared to ours and that was shown really well. The relationship between the Colored and White soldiers were accurate. The two groups were not really the best of friends, but they honored each others sacrifices in the war. I really liked the charge the 54th did near the end of the movie. The soldiers were brave in that they would do such a selfless act despite of knowing that they probably will not succed and come out alive.
I think the two groups didn't exactly honor each other's sacrifices. People like Rawlings actually had to point out that the whites did sacrifice their lives to the rest of his regiment and even then, i doubt he convinced all the soldiers. And if you consider the white regiments, they would most likely think that they were superior because they went through more battles and did risk their lives for people as "worthless" as african americans. The 54th regiment also wasn't the only colored regiment and i doubt the other ones appreciated anything that the whites did considering how they acted.
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