Wagner’s mature operas constitute a big challenge for the summer festivals — but this new production is a jolly good show ...

This week we recall some of the bloodiest days in Charleston’s history: The Civil War battles of Fort Wagner, fought on the southern tip of Morris Island. The first engagement took place July 10 ...

During the attack, 174 Confederate soldiers were killed. Confederate troops controlled Fort Sumter at the time of the 1863 Union Army attack at Fort Wagner on nearby Morris Island ...

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 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 ...

If Union forces captured Fort Wagner they could control access to the harbor. Bettmann / Corbis UPDATE, March 25, 2011: As part of Smithsonian magazine's commemoration of the 150th anniversary of ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

In February 1864, a 5,500-strong Union force under Gen. Truman Seymour (who commanded the assault on Fort Wagner) landed in Jacksonville with the mission of cutting off Florida as a rebel food ...