NF Battery Wagner

[spcchap]

Hey everyone,

My ggg-grandfather was in Co. G of the 51st North Carolina regiment. He was wounded at Battery Wagner of 18 July 1863. I am looking for a good solid history of the fight from the Confederate perspective. It seems like most of the histories lean heavily towards the 54th Massachusetts. There's a book by Frances Casstevens that deals with Clingman's brigade in general, perhaps that would be my best choice? I appreciate any advice!

 

[UCVRelics]

I can't help with books but hopefully one our resident book geeks will know of a good CS history of Battery Wagner.

 

[jcrook]

I had a family member, Isaac C Melvin Private Company I who died on 18 July 1863 from a left lung chest wound received in action at Morris Island in support of Battery Wagner. He is buried under the wrong first name in Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston SC. I have found very limited information from the Confederate side of this battle.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Defence of Battery Wagner, July 18th 1863. Addresses delivered before the Confederate Survivors' Association by Col: C. C. Jones, Hon: Lieut: Col: H. D. D. Twiggs, and by Captain F. E. Eve.

Battery Wagner: The Siege, the Men Who Fought, and the Casualties by Jr. Bradshaw, Timothy E.

Confederate Battery Wagner Siege Civil War History by Timothy E Bradshaw (?)

The Siege of Charleston, 1861-1865 by E. Milby Burton

Charleston Under Siege: The Impregnable City by Douglas W. Bostick

The Honor of the State: The Story of the 51st North Carolina by Kirk Ward

Civil War Joint Operations Papers | Naval War - At Sea & Along Inland Waterways

I've been slowly collecting papers on Joint Operations - thought I would post them here for reference and discussion... To start with... Collection: Master of Military Art and Science Theses Title: Joint operations in the James River Basin, 1862-1865. Author: Zatt...

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Defense of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, 1863 and 1864
Author(s): G. T. Beauregard
Source: The North American Review , Jul., 1886, Vol. 143, No. 356 (Jul., 1886), pp. 42-53
Published by: University of Northern Iowa
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25101072

Defense of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, 1863 and 1864. II
G. T. Beauregard
The North American Review
Vol. 142, No. 355 (Jun., 1886), pp. 564-571 (8 pages)
Published by: University of Northern Iowa

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25118633

Morris Island: Victory or Blunder?
John E. Florance, Jr.
The South Carolina Historical Magazine
Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul., 1954), pp. 143-152 (10 pages)
Published By: South Carolina Historical Society

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27563607

HTHs,
USS ALASKA

 

[Snowbound]

Wife's great grandfather and two brothers of the 23rd Ga were some of the last to be rotated out of Waggoner before it was abandoned. They were on the steamer Sumter when it was sunk by friendly fire on the night of 30/31 Aug. lucky there was little loss of life. https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/loss-of-the-cs-steamer-sumter/

I grew up in Charleston and spent many hours fishing, staring at the old Morris Island Light and what had been Morris Island.