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. Named for deceased Lt. Col. Thomas M. Wagner, it
Storming Fort Wagner, an 1890 print showing U.S. soldiers attacking the Confederates at the fort
Robert Gould Shaw
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Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regi
Fort Wagner
…on July 18, 1863, led by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first major American military units made up of black soldiers. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the 54th Massachusetts on foot while they charged, and was killed in the assault. Although a tactical defeat, the publicity of the battle of Fort…
Shaw in May 1863
Letter from Robert Gould Shaw to his father from Camp Andrew, May 1861
Col. Robert Gould Shaw by Horace R. Burdick