Morris Island, SC

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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