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First Battle of Fort Wagner (view source)
Revision as of 20:29, December 15, 2010
, 20:29, December 15, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=First Battle of Fort Wagner<br/><small>First Assault, Morris Island</small> |image= |begin=July 10, 1863 |end=July 11, 1863 |place=City of Charleston, South Car..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=First Battle of Fort Wagner<br/><small>First Assault, Morris Island</small>
|image=
|begin=July 10, 1863
|end=July 11, 1863
|place=City of Charleston, South Carolina
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Operations against Defenses of Charleston
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Qunicy Gillmore]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[P.G.T. Beauregard]]<br/>General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''339'''
|casualties2='''12'''
}}
On July 10, Union artillery on Folly Island together with Rear Adm. John Dahlgren's fleet of ironclads opened fire on Confederate defenses of Morris Island. The bombardment provided cover for Brig. Gen. George C. Strong's brigade, which crossed Light House Inlet and landed by boats on the southern tip of the island. Strong's troops advanced, capturing several batteries, to within range of Confederate Fort Wagner. At dawn, July 11, Strong attacked the fort. Soldiers of the 7th Connecticut reached the parapet but, unsupported, were thrown back. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Defenses of Charleston}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=First Battle of Fort Wagner<br/><small>First Assault, Morris Island</small>
|image=
|begin=July 10, 1863
|end=July 11, 1863
|place=City of Charleston, South Carolina
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Operations against Defenses of Charleston
|result=Confederate victory
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[Qunicy Gillmore]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[P.G.T. Beauregard]]<br/>General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''339'''
|casualties2='''12'''
}}
On July 10, Union artillery on Folly Island together with Rear Adm. John Dahlgren's fleet of ironclads opened fire on Confederate defenses of Morris Island. The bombardment provided cover for Brig. Gen. George C. Strong's brigade, which crossed Light House Inlet and landed by boats on the southern tip of the island. Strong's troops advanced, capturing several batteries, to within range of Confederate Fort Wagner. At dawn, July 11, Strong attacked the fort. Soldiers of the 7th Connecticut reached the parapet but, unsupported, were thrown back. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Defenses of Charleston}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]