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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An attempt by the Union Army to capture Fort Wagner was repulsed. The more famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner, which involved an assault by the 54th Massachusetts...
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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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Robert Gould Shaw (category People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War)
their pay until it was equal to that of white troops' wage. He led his regiment at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863. They attacked a beachhead...
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Edward Needles Hallowell (category People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War)
Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. Edward grew up in a well-to-do Quaker family in Philadelphia. His father Morris was part owner and operator of Hallowell...
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54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from Massachusetts)
South Carolina, including the Battle of Grimball's Landing on July 16, 1863, and the more famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863. During the...
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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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Haldimand S. Putnam (category People of New Hampshire in 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 the son of John L. Putnam, who...
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The Second Battle of Charleston Harbor, also known as the Siege of Charleston Harbor, the Siege of Fort Wagner, or the Battle of Morris Island, took place...
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James 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...
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Glory (1989 film) (category Cultural depictions of Frederick Douglass)
of Shaw. The film depicts the soldiers of the 54th from the formation of their regiment to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner....
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Johnson Hagood (governor) (category People of South Carolina in the American Civil War)
Massachusetts Regiment at the second Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863, commanding Confederate General Johnson Hagood had the bodies of nearly all the dead Union...
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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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Quincy Adams Gillmore (category People of Ohio in the American Civil War)
1863, Gillmore's troops were repulsed with heavy losses in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Gillmore's divisional commander, General Truman Seymour was...
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George Crockett Strong (category People of Vermont in the American Civil War)
commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in November 1862. He was wounded on July 18, 1863, while leading the assault against Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South...
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John Lyman Chatfield (category People of Connecticut in the American Civil War)
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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Confederate 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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William Harvey Carney (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. The action for which...
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Moravian Cemetery (category History of the America (North) Province of the Moravian Church)
and died in the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, was erected here by his family. The Moravian Cemetery is the burial place for a number of famous Staten Islanders...
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Joseph Carter Abbott (category People of New Hampshire in the American Civil War)
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry and participated in the second battle of Fort Fisher and the capture of Wilmington. Although Abbott was not appointed as a...
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American Civil War (redirect from Military history of the Confederate States)
ISBN 978-0-19-993168-2. "Second Battle of Fort Wagner". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 25, 2022. Lattimore, Ralston B. "Battle for Fort Pulaski – Fort Pulaski...
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Banzai charge Battle of Sari Bair Berserker Second Battle of Fort Wagner Battle of Stony Point Cannon fodder Battle of Halidzor Forlorn Hope of the Donner...
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African Americans in South Carolina (category African-American history of South Carolina)
fought at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina. Fort Wagner was among the most heavily fortified Confederate forts, and on July...
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known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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South Carolina in the American Civil War (redirect from Republic of South Carolina)
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 Honey...
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3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from Rhode Island)
following battle honors for its service during the war: Fort Pulaski, Secessionville, Pocotoligo, Laurel Hill, Fort Sumter, Fort Wagner, Fort Burham, Deveaux...
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Robert Smalls (category African-American members of the United States House of Representatives)
Rhind, and took part in the attack on Fort Sumter on April 7, 1863, which was a preamble to the Second Battle of Fort Sumter later that fall. The Keokuk...
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Harriet Tubman (redirect from Moses of her people)
Robert Gould Shaw at the assault on Fort Wagner, reportedly serving him his last meal. She later described the battle to historian Albert Bushnell Hart:...
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Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, who died July 18, 1863, at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Battery Walker (1907–1946), located on Artillery Hill. Contained...
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54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Adelma Simmons (1903–1997), American author and herbalist Allan...
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