The Battle of Fort Wagner: African American Troops in the Civil War

Series: Civil War

Military historian Terry Beckenbaugh examines the failed 1863 attack on the Confederacy’s Fort Wagner on Charleston Harbor – an incident that provided further evidence to both the North and South that African-American troops were ready to fight and die for the Union cause.

Beckenbaugh is an assistant professor in the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.

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The Battle of Fort Wagner: African American Troops in the Civil War

Series: Civil War
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