Putnam, Haldimand Sumner

Life Span
to
Full name
Haldimand Sumner Putnam
Place of Birth
Cornish, NH
Burial Place
Morris Island, SC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Family
John L. Putnam (father)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
On Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack
The African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner
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