Fort Wagner, South Carolina, April 1865, interior view

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Fort Wagner, South Carolina, April 1865, interior view

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 4, 2010.

Depicted ContentFort Wagner, SC

Depicted ContentEdward L. Pierce to John Albion Andrew, July 22, 1863

Depicted ContentSergeant William H. Carney becomes the first African-American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor

Depicted ContentThe African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner

Depicted ContentOn Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack

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Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Interior view of Fort Wagner, showing quarters of Federal garrison. (Morris Island)

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