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The Storming of Battery Wagner
Read about the assault led by the 54th Massachusetts, a Boston regiment of free African Americans led by Harvard-educated abolitionist Col. Robert...
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Book: Echoes from the Boys of Company H
The Civil War Trust recently sat down with author Neal Wixson to talk about his new book, Echoes from the Boys of Company H, an account about soldiers...
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Fort Wagner
Fort Wagner, part of the formidable Confederate defenses of Charleston Harbor, was built on Morris Island on the south edge of the bay. The fort's 30...
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The Defenses of Fort Wagner
Fort Wagner, also known as Battery Wagner, was a sand and earthen fortification located on the northern end of Morris Island outside of Charleston...
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The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
The 54th Massachusetts was one of the first United States military regiment comprised of African American soldiers in the Union during the Civil War...
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Found: Robert Gould Shaw’s Fort Wagner Sword Discovered
The sword of Robert Gould Shaw was recently discovered in a dusty attic. It is now on display in the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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The Color of Bravery
As we remember the 150th anniversary of the assault on Battery Wagner, one of the most famous engagements featuring black soldiers, historian Hari...
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Fort Wagner and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Learn more about the Battle of Fort Wagner and the role that the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry played in that important attack in 1863.
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The Role of the USCT in the Civil War
Originally not allowed to join the Army, by the end of the war, some 180,000 to 200,000 Blacks served in the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and...
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African Americans in the Civil War
African Americans were freemen, freedmen, slaves, soldiers, sailors, laborers, and slaveowners during the Civil War. As a historian, I must be...
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The Twenty Negro Law
In April 1862, the Confederate Congress passed the First Conscription Act in order to increase manpower in the Confederate armies, which were rapidly...
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Saving Morris Island
On July 18, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of African Americans commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, led the assault on Battery Wagner...