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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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    The Second Battle of Fort Wagner, also known as the Second Assault on Morris Island or the Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, was fought on July 18...
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    The 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...
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    that of white troops' wage. He led his regiment at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863. They attacked a beachhead near Charleston, South Carolina...
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    Grimball's Landing on July 16, 1863, and the more famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863. During the latter engagement, the 54th Massachusetts...
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  • formation of their regiment to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Glory was co-produced by TriStar Pictures and Freddie Fields Productions...
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    Charleston Harbor, also known as the Siege of Charleston Harbor, the Siege of Fort Wagner, or the Battle of Morris Island, took place during the American Civil...
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  • died in August 1863, as a result of wounds received in an attack on Fort Wagner, near Charleston, South Carolina. A former clerk, probably from St. George's...
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    Charleston Harbor Second Battle of Fort Sumter First Battle of Fort Wagner Battle of Grimball's Landing Second Battle of Fort Wagner (Morris Island) Battle of...
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    Fort Moultrie. The main fortification on Morris Island was subsequently named for him and was the site of the First and Second Battle of Fort Wagner....
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  • 1863 which included the major engagements of First Fort Wagner, Grimball's Landing, Second Fort Wagner and the Siege of Charleston Harbor. MG = Major general...
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    Battery, but after the fall of Fort Wagner and Fort Gregg Federal batteries located in and near Fort Gregg (renamed Fort Putnam) resumed fire on Charleston...
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    following the death of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. Edward grew up in a well-to-do Quaker family in Philadelphia...
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    for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. The action for which he received the Medal of Honor preceded...
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    and the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment at the second Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863, commanding Confederate General Johnson Hagood had the bodies...
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    toward Fort Wagner. Meanwhile, Gillmore's artillery pounded Fort Sumter into rubble. On September 7, 1863, Gillmore's forces captured Fort Wagner. In February...
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    during the American Civil War. He was killed at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Putnam was born in Cornish, New Hampshire on October 15, 1835. He was...
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    soon as the charge was ordered. [The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts] made Fort Wagner such a name to the colored race as Bunker Hill has been for ninety years...
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    fortified to defend Charleston Harbor, with the fortifications centered on Fort Wagner. On January 9, 1861, the first shots of the American Civil War were fired...
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    commanded Union troops attempting to seize Fort Wagner in 1863 during the American Civil War. Also called the Fort Sumter Medal, the Gillmore Medal commemorates...
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  • 10–18 includes the initial engagements at First Fort Wagner, Grimball's Landing and Second Fort Wagner. The second phase from July 19-September 8 includes...
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    Fort Sumter was intended to dominate the harbor, reinforcing the protection provided by the shore artillery batteries at Fort Moultrie, Fort Wagner,...
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    in the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded while assaulting Fort Wagner, South Carolina on July 18, 1863, and died on August 9, 1863. Chatfield...
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  • Defenses of Charleston. To draw Confederate forces away from reinforcing Fort Wagner, Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore designed two feints. One force was sent...
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    He was wounded on July 18, 1863, while leading the assault against Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, and died of tetanus in New York City...
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  • motion picture Glory). The attack on Fort Wagner did not initially succeed, although Union forces did breach the fort's defenses. After the attack, Union...
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    artillery positions on Morris Island (beginning with the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, July 1863, and followed by a siege until September). After pounding...
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    M. Wagner (c. 1824–1862), Confederate artillery officer and eponym of Fort Wagner Viktor Wagner (1908–1981), Russian mathematician Vladimir Wagner (1849...
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  • [citation needed] Muirbrook was previously married to film editor Christian Wagner. She married screenwriter Taylor Sheridan in 2013. They reside in Weatherford...
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    Island battle), the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, and the Battle of Olustee. At the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, half of his regiment was killed or wounded...
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