P.E.O. Chapter BS/KV of Fort Madison is proud to announce the awarding of this year’s Nancy Wagner Memorial Scholarship to ...

The 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner was a fairly inconsequential battle of the Civil War in terms of overall tactics and strategy. The Union Army needed to capture the rebel-held fort as part of its ...

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 ...

Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney earned the Medal of Honor by carrying the American flag through fire at Fort Wagner, crawling forward despite multiple gunshot wounds. Now his story has been ...

Shaw was killed soon after at Fort Wagner and buried with his comrades by Confederate soldiers in a mass grave in South Carolina; one regimental soldier won the Medal of Honor. His abolitionist ...