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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
After the Battle: The Later Lives of Medal of Honor Recipients
The post-war lives of Civil War Medal of Honor recipients and the sometimes circuitous routes they took to receiving our nation’s honor
Medal of Honor Recipient Melvin Morris Visits Morris Island
Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Melvin Morris visits Fort Wagner battlefield and reflects on his connection to the first African American soldier...
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...
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...
Travel to Morris Island with Medal of Honor Recipient Melvin Morris
Visit Morris Island, scene of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry’s dramatic assault on Fort Wagner, with Medal of Honor recipient Melvin Morris.
The Flag of the 54th Massachusetts
Garry Adelman takes a look at remnants of the 54th Massachusetts flag in this episode of the War Department™ video series by the Civil War Trust.