Storming Fort Wagner, an 1890 print showing U.S. soldiers attacking the Confederates at the fort
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Fort Wagner or Battery Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston Harbor. Named for deceased Lt. Col. Thomas M. Wagner, it was the site of two American Civil War battles in the campaign known as Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston in 1863, in which United States forces took heavy casualties while trying to seize the fort.
FortWagner or Battery Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston Harbor...
The Second Battle of FortWagner, also known as the Second Assault on Morris Island or the Battle of FortWagner, Morris Island, was fought on July 18...
The First Battle of FortWagner was fought on July 10 and 11, 1863, on Morris Island in Charleston harbor during the American Civil War. An attempt by...
that of white troops' wage. He led his regiment at the Second Battle of FortWagner in July 1863. They attacked a beachhead near Charleston, South Carolina...
Grimball's Landing on July 16, 1863, and the more famous Second Battle of FortWagner on July 18, 1863. During the latter engagement, the 54th Massachusetts...
Charleston Harbor, also known as the Siege of Charleston Harbor, the Siege of FortWagner, or the Battle of Morris Island, took place during the American Civil...
Charleston Harbor Second Battle of Fort Sumter First Battle of FortWagner Battle of Grimball's Landing Second Battle of FortWagner (Morris Island) Battle of...
Battery, but after the fall of FortWagner and Fort Gregg Federal batteries located in and near Fort Gregg (renamed Fort Putnam) resumed fire on Charleston...
died in August 1863, as a result of wounds received in an attack on FortWagner, near Charleston, South Carolina. A former clerk, probably from St. George's...
for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors during the Battle of FortWagner in 1863. The action for which he received the Medal of Honor preceded...
toward FortWagner. Meanwhile, Gillmore's artillery pounded Fort Sumter into rubble. On September 7, 1863, Gillmore's forces captured FortWagner. In February...
soon as the charge was ordered. [The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts] made FortWagner such a name to the colored race as Bunker Hill has been for ninety years...
following the death of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw at the Second Battle of FortWagner in 1863. Edward grew up in a well-to-do Quaker family in Philadelphia...
fortified to defend Charleston Harbor, with the fortifications centered on FortWagner. On January 9, 1861, the first shots of the American Civil War were fired...
artillery positions on Morris Island (beginning with the Second Battle of FortWagner, July 1863, and followed by a siege until September). After pounding...
for its service during the war: Fort Pulaski, Secessionville, Pocotoligo, Laurel Hill, Fort Sumter, FortWagner, Fort Burham, Deveaux Neck, Honey Hill...
onlookers from shore and the forts. The Planter sailed past Fort Sumter at about 4:30 a.m. As the nearly-free slaves approached Fort Sumter, their apprehension...
motion picture Glory). The attack on FortWagner did not initially succeed, although Union forces did breach the fort's defenses. After the attack, Union...
Island battle), the Second Battle of FortWagner, and the Battle of Olustee. At the Second Battle of FortWagner, half of his regiment was killed or wounded...
in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded while assaulting FortWagner, South Carolina on July 18, 1863, and died on August 9, 1863. Chatfield...
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