Charge of the 54th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner, July 1863, map

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 5, 2010.

Depicted ContentUnited States Colored Troops

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 ContentThe 54th Massachusetts leaves Boston for active service in South Carolina

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

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Fort Wagner, Charge of 54th Mass.

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Luis Fenollosa Emilio, History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865 (Boston MA: Boston Book Company, 1894), 88.