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4 unusual facts about Second Battle of Charleston Harbor


Second Battle of Charleston Harbor

In the days immediately following the second battle of Fort Wagner, Union forces besieged the Confederate works on Morris Island with an array of military novelties.

Keitt's replacement, General Johnson Hagood, made better use of sharpshooters and the few landward guns to impede the Union siege works upon the fort.

Despite trenching difficulties, by mid-August Gillmore had his siege guns within range of Fort Sumter.

After being repulsed twice trying to take Fort Wagner by storm, Maj. Gen. Quincy Adams Gillmore decided on a less costly approach and began laying siege to the fort.



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