James Island, Part 4 - Charge At Battery Wagner | Palmetto Places - Episode 4

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The 54th Massachusetts infantry made their legendary charge at Battery Wagner on Morris Island, on July 18, 1863. Civil War re-enactor, Quartermaster Sergeant George Hughes, recalls that famous date, and what the conflict between the states meant for the African-American soldiers fighting against the Confederacy. 

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