Storming Fort Wagner – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Storming Fort Wagner
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The title points to Battery Wagner, an earthwork on Morris Island guarding the approach to Charleston Harbor. Union forces launched a frontal assault on it on July 18, 1863, and the attack is remembered largely for the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first Black regiments raised in the North, which led the charge and suffered heavy losses, including its colonel, Robert Gould Shaw. The record dates this print to about 1890, decades after the fighting, and links it to the Chicago firm Kurz & Allison, which produced many popular color prints of Civil War scenes for veterans and home buyers. The date and attribution are noted as unverified, so the print is best read as a later commemorative image of the battle rather than a record made on the field.
| Created / published | c1890 July 5. |
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| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | V21568 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz & Allison. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 8,220 × 6,189 px · prints to 27 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | storming fort wagner |
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