Battery Wagner or Fort Wagner

[Calicoboy]

It was not much of a fort...basically cannons behind sand. As much of a Union man as I am...I would call it Battery Wagner. Perhaps, because the Union had so much trouble subduing it, they felt better calling it a "fort". Either way, it was a tough nut to crack.

Calicoboy

[gary]

Not much of a fort? You're right in that it was a tough nut to crack. 55 days of siege warfare (58 if you include the three days before the parallels were started). The Cornfeds always called it a battery and it was the Union that called it a fort.

However, don't underestimate its toughness because of the materials used in its construction. Read the Union reports. Whereas Sumter (and Pulaski) of brick construction was quickly reduced, Wagner's quartz crystal sand flew into the air and landed back on the ground. One evening's work and it was restored to position. Wagner caused the US Army to rethink coastal defense.

Sadly, most of it is underwater and no archaelogical digs have been made on it. It's suppose to be walkable on low tide. There's an article in the latest Smithsonian on the developer who wants to build homes on it.

[Neo-Confederate]

i hope that doesn't happen, it should be protected property.