Black Troops at Fort Wagner

Civil War Harper's Weekly, August 29, 1863

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David Farragut

Draft Editorial

A Soldier's Letter

The "Hartford"

Black Soldier's Funeral

New Orleans Prisoners

Draft Resistance

Bombardment of Fort Wagner

Dumfries, Virginia

Black Troops Before Fort Wagner

You are viewing a leaf from an original 1863 Harper's Weekly newspaper.  The piece features several illustrations from in and about Charleston Harbor.  The lower image is captioned, "General View of Morris Island - Union Camps and Rebel Works - Fort Johnson - The lower Harbor of Charleston, South Carolina."  The upper right image is titled, "In the Trenches Before Fort Wagner", and shows Colored Troops digging in before their fateful assault on that garrison.