CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The first African American regiment to fight in the Civil War launched an attack on Fort Wagner in the Charleston Harbor on this day in 1863. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry ...

As the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment stormed toward Fort Wagner, South Carolina, the soldier carrying the American flag fell. It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the ...

Scene depicting Fort Wagner along the Charleston River just after the devastating battle in which Confederate troops have turned back the Union troops of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, made ...

Army Sgt. William H. Carney earned the honor for protecting one of the United States' greatest symbols during the Civil War -- the American flag. Carney was born into slavery in Norfolk, Virginia, in ...

Today in U.S. 1863 - U.S. Squadron bombards Fort Wagner, N.C. 1866 - Rank of Admiral created. David G. Farragut is appointed the first Admiral in the U.S. 1898 - Landing party from armed yacht ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Union forces took the siege of Charleston harbor up a notch on Aug. 2, 1863, as they began constructing a battery further inland to bomb the city of Charleston directly.

Fort Cavazos’ top headquarters unit, III Armored Corps, and the 1st Cavalry Division are paying homage this month to members of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, an all-Black infantry ...

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