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The Second Battle of Fort Wagner was the most notable battle black soldiers were involved in, but they also fought in Sherman's Atlanta campaign and the Battle of Chaffin's Farm among others.
how many of the 54th died at fort wagner?
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was the most famous and effective of all black Union regiments, having fought in several battles, including the Second Battle of Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863.
Who won the battle at fort wagner?
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After Gould Shaw was killed at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, Edward Hallowell became the colonel and leader of the 54th Massachusetts.
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Sergeant William Harney Carney was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1900 for grabbing the American flag as its bearer fell at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner. Although other African Americans had been given the award before Carney, his was the earliest action to receive the award.
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During the siege of Ft. Wagner in 1863, Confederate soldiers buried the bodies of the 54th regiment in mass graves close to the fort. Confederate forces later abandoned the fort due to the water supply being poisoned by the decaying soldiers buried nearby.
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Today in the year 1863 America's first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, stormed Fort Wagner near Charleston, SC and the first Medal of Honor for an African American soldier was earned.
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After Fort Wagner (the fort in Glory) was captured, two Union soldiers got drunk and blew up the gunpowder stores, killing or wounding 300
