Record Data Place Unit Type Location or Site Containing Unit Charleston District, SC Events Date Type 09/06/1863 In Charleston Harbor, after months of bloody attacks and meticulous siege, Union troops occupy Fort Wagner Battles/Soldiers 09/06/1863 The Confederate garrisons of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg abandon their defense and slip away in the night Battles/Soldiers 12/06/1863 U.S. Navy monitor besieging Charleston sinks in heavy weather and over thirty crewmen are lost Crime/Disasters 07/10/1863 - 07/11/1863 Union troops land on Morris Island and fail in a dawn attack on Fort Wagner Battles/Soldiers People Burial Place of Putnam, Haldimand Sumner Places Name Type Fort Wagner, SC Location or Site Documents Date Title 03/18/1861 New York Times, “About Fort Sumpter [Sumter],” March 18, 1861 04/17/1861 Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Abolition Anticipations,” April 17, 1861 05/14/1861 Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Lying Dexterity,” May 14, 1861 Images Union siege operations on Morris Island, South Carolina, July 11, 1863, artist's impression Fort Wagner and Fort Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865, zoomable image Fort Wagner and Fort Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865 Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865, view from south rampart Naval bombardment of lower Morris Island, South Carolina defenses, July 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image Capture of lower Morris Island, South Carolina, July 11, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image Capture of lower Morris Island, South Carolina, July 11, 1863, artist's impression, detail Morris Island, July 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image Morris Island, South Carolina, July 1863, artist's impression Morris Island, South Carolina, general view, August 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image Union Army Ordnance Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image Union Army Ordnance Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, detail Union Army Engineering Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image Union Army Engineering Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, detail
Naval bombardment of lower Morris Island, South Carolina defenses, July 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image
Union Army Ordnance Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image
Union Army Ordnance Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, detail
Union Army Engineering Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image
Union Army Engineering Depot, Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, August, 1863, artist's impression, detail
