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A fort is totally enclosed with sally ports as an entrance. Battery's are only fortified on 1-3 sides and may have the rear exposed. Wagner was totally enclosed, so it should be named a fort not a battery. It was well fortified and dominated Morris island. This is why the Yankees could not take it from us, we only gave it up when we ran out of fresh water. I feel it was called a battery at the time because it was made of sand and Palmetto logs, not brick and mortar like Sumter and Moultrie. The earthen work was in-genius because it could not be knocked down and the sand dispersed the shells impact. Good ole confederate engineering!
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What was the result of the assault on fort Wagner by the African American soldiers of the unions 54 Massachusetts regiment?
Summary of the action-Forces Engaged: 6,800 total (US 5,000; CS 1,800) Estimated Casualties: 1,689 total (US 1,515; CS 174) Description: After the July 11 assault on Fort Wagner failed, Gillmore reinforced his beachhead on Morris Island. At dusk July 18, Gillmore launched an attack spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a black regiment. The unit’s colonel, Robert Gould Shaw, was killed. Members of the brigade scaled the parapet but after brutal hand-to-hand combat were driven out with heavy casualties. The Federals resorted to siege operations to reduce the fort. This was the fourth time in the war that black troops played a crucial combat role, proving to skeptics that they would fight bravely if only given the chance. Result(s):Confederate victory273 members of the 54th died in the failed attack on Ft, Wagner.
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