Civil War Reenactors Return to Morris Island

Posted By Bill Payer on Jul 16, 2022 | 0 comments


“Civil War reenactors will return to Morris Island on July 18 to remember the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment’s three-month assault on Fort Wagner that proved 159 years ago Black men had the courage to fight against slavery.

The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Company I, a Civil War reenactment group in Charleston, will hold a memorial ceremony from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the island, just south of Fort Sumter at the entrance to Charleston harbor. A boat will depart the Charleston Maritime Center at 2:30 p.m. The cost to attend the event as a spectator is $30 per person. Tickets can be purchased at the dock. The boat can carry 49 people.” To read the Charleston City Paper article CLICK HERE.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52016

The July 18, 1863 battle was commemorated in the 1989 move “Glory”. To learn more about the battle from the American Battlefield Trust CLICK HERE.

For a History.com article on the 54th Massachusetts CLICK HERE and to see the National Park Service article on the 54th CLICK HERE.

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