USS Housatonic (1861)
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USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England.
USS Housatonic (1862–1864). Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902
Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo; sketch by war artist William Waud (1864)
First Battle of Fort Wagner
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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 the Union Army to capture Fort Wagner was repulse
Plan of Fort Wagner, with overlay showing armament