Assault on Fort Wagner

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The Assault on Fort Wagner was a notable 1863 American Civil War battle in which the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army, led a courageous but costly attack on a Confederate fort in South Carolina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Assault on Fort Wagner
surface form: Second Battle of Fort Wagner
artillerySupport Union naval bombardment
attackingForce Union forces
belligerent Confederate States of America
United States of America
surface form: United States (Union)
casualtiesConfederate moderate
casualtiesUnion high
commander Edward Otho Cresap Ord
surface form: Quincy Adams Gillmore

Robert Gould Shaw
William B. Taliaferro
commemoratedBy Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial
surface form: 54th Massachusetts Memorial on Boston Common
conflict American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1863-07-18
defendingForce Assault on Fort Wagner self-linksurface differs
surface form: Confederate garrison of Fort Wagner
defenses sand fortifications
followedBy Assault on Fort Wagner self-linksurface differs
surface form: Siege of Fort Wagner
fortificationAssaulted Fort Wagner
involvedBranch Confederate States Army
surface form: Confederate Army

Union Army
location Morris Island
surface form: Morris Island, South Carolina
notableFor death of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
heavy Union casualties
heroism of African American soldiers
notableUnit 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
48th New York Infantry Regiment
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
6th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
76th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
9th Maine Infantry Regiment
objective capture Fort Wagner
partOf Operations against the Defenses of Charleston
precededBy Assault on Fort Wagner self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Battle of Fort Wagner
relatedWork film "Glory"
result Confederate victory
significance demonstrated combat effectiveness of African American troops
influenced Northern public opinion on Black enlistment
state South Carolina
strategicOutcome Union continued siege of Fort Wagner
tacticalOutcome failed Union assault
terrain narrow beach approach
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
timeOfDay evening assault
typeOfOperation frontal assault on fortified position
year 1863

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Lewis Henry Douglass participantIn Assault on Fort Wagner
Glory depicts Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island knownFor Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island knownFor Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: First Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island significantEvent Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: First Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island significantEvent Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Fort Wagner
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment engagement Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Assault on Fort Wagner defendingForce Assault on Fort Wagner self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Confederate garrison of Fort Wagner
Assault on Fort Wagner precededBy Assault on Fort Wagner self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First Battle of Fort Wagner
Assault on Fort Wagner followedBy Assault on Fort Wagner self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Siege of Fort Wagner
Assault on Fort Wagner alsoKnownAs Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Fort Wagner
United States Colored Troops notableEngagement Assault on Fort Wagner
this entity surface form: Battle of Fort Wagner