BY WALTER OPINDE Fort Wagner, also known as the “Battery Wagner” was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the Southern approach to Charleston Harbor. It was the site of two famous American Civil War battles in the campaign known as “Operations against the Defenses of Charleston” in 1863. It is considered one of the toughest beachhead defenses constructed by the Confederate army. The First Battle […]
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