Fort Wagner and Fort Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865, zoomable image

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Fort Wagner and Fort Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865, zoomable image

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

Depicted ContentFort Wagner, SC

Depicted ContentMorris Island, 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 ContentUnion troops land on Morris Island and fail in a dawn attack on 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). View of Forts Wagner & Gregg on Morris Island, evacuated by Confederates, September 6, 1863

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Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

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