Place Unit Type
Location or Site
Containing Unit
Charleston District, SC
Date Type
In Charleston Harbor, after months of bloody attacks and meticulous siege, Union troops occupy Fort Wagner Battles/Soldiers
The Confederate garrisons of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg abandon their defense and slip away in the night Battles/Soldiers
U.S. Navy monitor besieging Charleston sinks in heavy weather and over thirty crewmen are lost Crime/Disasters
- Union troops land on Morris Island and fail in a dawn attack on Fort Wagner Battles/Soldiers
Burial Place of
Name Type
Fort Wagner, SC Location or Site
Date Title
New York Times, “About Fort Sumpter [Sumter],” March 18, 1861
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Abolition Anticipations,” April 17, 1861
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Lying Dexterity,” May 14, 1861
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