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== Current Status ==
== Current Status ==
No remains on Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
No remains on Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
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'''Links:'''
'''Links:'''
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc3.html#morris North American Forts - Fort Wagner]
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc3.html#morris North American Forts - Fort Wagner]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wagner Wikipedia - Fort Wagner]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fort_Wagner Wikipedia - Second Battle of Fort Wagner]
* [http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/battery-wagner.html Civil War Trust - Fort Wagner]


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Revision as of 11:19, 14 March 2013

Fort Wagner (1) (1862-1865) - A Confederate U.S. Civil War post established in 1862 on Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. Captured in 1863 by Union forces and renamed Fort Strong (3). Abandoned at the end of the war in 1865. Also known as Battery Wagner (3).

The Union Attack on Fort Wagner

Fort Wagner (1) History

Attack on Cummings Point


Current Status

No remains on Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina


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Location: Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. Map point is approximate.

Maps & Images

Lat: 32.7375019 Long: -79.8720376

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 724

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