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Morris Island Lighthouse

Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km2) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War. The island is part of the cities of Charleston and Folly Beach, in Charleston County.

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Morris Island

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Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km2) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer...

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Morris Island Lighthouse

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The Morris Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Morris Island in South Carolina. The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor...

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Second Battle of Fort Wagner

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Fort Wagner, also known as the Second Assault on Morris Island or the Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, was fought on July 18, 1863, during the American...

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Fort Wagner

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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...

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Marshall Archipelago

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the north include Vollmer Island, Hutchinson Island, Hannah Island, Morris Island, Farmer Island and Radford Island. Islands in the southwest of the archipelago...

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Morris

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Texas Morris Creek (South Dakota) Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina Morris Plains, New Jersey Morris Reservoir, California Mount Morris (disambiguation)...

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Robert Morris University

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Robert Morris University (RMU) is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known...

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American Battlefield Trust

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the Morris Island Coalition was formed in early 2004 to oppose development on historic Morris Island outside Charleston, South Carolina. Morris Island was...

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First Battle of Fort Wagner

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First Battle of Fort Wagner was fought on July 10 and 11, 1863, on Morris Island in Charleston harbor during the American Civil War. An attempt by the...

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Municipality of the District of Argyle

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West Pubnico Morris Island North Belleville Plymouth Pubnico Quinan Sluice Point South Belleville Ste. Anne du Ruisseau Surette's Island Tusket Tusket...

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Battle of Fort Sumter

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Fort Moultrie (capturing 56 guns), Fort Johnson on James Island, and the battery on Morris Island. On December 27, an assault force of 150 men seized the...

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Siege artillery in the American Civil War

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1841. Federal battery with 10 inch seacoast mortars, Model 1841, on Morris Island, during the siege of campaign against Charleston harbor. 10-inch seacoast...

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3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment

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until July 1863. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 11 and 18. Siege of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 18-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner...

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Sea Islands

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Island (also in Colleton County) Folly Island Isle of Palms James Island Johns Island Kiawah Island Morris Island Seabrook Island Sullivan's Island Wadmalaw...

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Alfred Terry

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of the Morris Island Division of the X Corps. Terry was heavily involved in the siege operations against Charleston during 1863 and Morris Island, South...

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List of islands of Australia

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Island Milman Islet Moreton Island Mornington Island Morris Island Mudjimba Island Murdock Island Nigger Head Newton Island Nob Island Noble Island Normanby...

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Kaffeklubben Island

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recorded sighting of Kaffeklubben Island was made by the American explorer Robert Peary in 1900, who believed that Cape Morris Jesup on the mainland was the...

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Peter Conover Hains

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Hains designed the Morris Island and St. Augustine lighthouses. He was the chief engineer for the construction of Morris Island light, at the entrance...

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June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt

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John Anglin, and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California...

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Kathryn Morris

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Kathryn Morris (born January 28, 1969) is an American actress, best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush in the CBS series Cold Case. Morris's first...

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Star of the West

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reinforcements to the U.S. military garrison of Fort Sumter. A battery on Morris Island, South Carolina handled by cadets from the South Carolina Military Academy...

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Virals

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the Loggerhead Island Research Institute (LIRI), situated on Loggerhead Island, lying in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Morris Island. Virals (2010)...

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Immortal Six Hundred

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ranks, to be taken to Morris Island, South Carolina, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor. The Confederates were landed on Morris Island late in July of that...

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Stone Fleet

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two lesser fleets. One fleet was sunk to block the south channel off Morris Island, and the other to block the north channel near Rattlesnake Shoals off...

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Fort Sumter

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Keokuk sank the next day, 1,400 yards (1,300 m) off the southern tip of Morris Island. Over the next month, working at night to avoid the attention of the...

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Flag of South Carolina

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the beginning of the American Civil War a similar flag was flown at Morris Island by cadets from The Citadel as they fired upon United States supply ships...

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