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Fort Wagner or Battery Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston Harbor. Named for deceased Lt. Col. Thomas M. Wagner , it was the site of two American Civil War battles in the campaign known as Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston in 1863, in which United ...
The armament of Fort Wagner on the night of July 18 consisted of one 10-inch seacoast mortar, two 32 lb. carronades, two 8-inch shell guns, two 32 lb. howitzers, a 42 lb. carronade, and an 8-inch seacoast mortar on the land face. Company A of the 1st South Carolina Artillery also had two guns positioned outside of Wagner's southern face by ...
Gillmore's attention returned to Fort Wagner. By now his forces were close enough to the Confederate works for the infantry to take action. On August 21 Colonel George B. Dandy led the 100th New York Infantry in a rush toward Fort Wagner's rifle pits. The New Yorkers quickly established a temporary picket line but their success was short lived.
St. Helens High School principal Katy Wagner was charged with two counts of felony criminal mistreatment after two teachers under her supervision were arrested for a nearly 10-year sex crime spree.
Second Battle of Fort Wagner † Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class , he accepted command of the first all- black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts ) in the Northeast.
A mobile lab and environmental response team from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency came from Philadelphia to conduct air sample testing at the North Star High School on April 4 and 5.
Morris Island was the location of Fort Wagner; the Second Battle of Fort Wagner was depicted in the 1989 film Glory. Bermudian First Sergeant Robert John Simmons of Company B of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment penned a letter from Folly Island shortly before he was mortally wounded at Fort Wagner.
Months after a viral video stirred outrage in the Fort Worth community, district officials confirmed the teacher’s employment status.