First Battle of Fort Wagner

First Battle of Fort Wagner
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Plan of Fort Wagner, with overlay showing armament
Date	July 10, 1863 – July 11, 1863
Location	Charleston, South Carolina
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Quincy A. Gillmore; John A. Dahlgren; George C. Strong	P.G.T. Beauregard; Robert F. Graham
Units involved
2nd Division, X Corps (Department of the South)	Fort Wagner garrison
Strength
1 brigade	1,770
Casualties and losses
339 total ; (49 killed;; 123 wounded;; 167 captured/missing)	12

The First Battle of Fort Wagner was fought on July 10 and 11, 1863, on Morris Island in Charleston harbor during the American Civil War. An attempt by the Union Army to capture Fort Wagner was repulsed. The more famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner, which involved an assault by the 54th Massachusetts, would be fought on July 18.

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