Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor, morning of July 19, 1863, British artist's impression

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Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 7, 2014.

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

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The War in America: Scene presented in the ditch and the southern slope of Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbour, the morning after the assault of July 18. From a sketch by our Special Artist.

Source citation

Illustrated London News,September 26, 1863, p. 317.