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Other Name: Battery Gregg, Fort Wagner, Morris Island, Fort Sumter
State: South Carolina
Location: Charleston County
Campaign: Operations against Defenses of Charleston (1863)
Dates: September 7-8, 1863
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Maj. Gen. Quincy Gillmore
confederate  Confederate States: Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
Forces Engaged: union  Union States: 413
confederate  Confederate States: unknown
Total: Regiments: total unknown
Estimated Casualties: union  Union States: 117
confederate  Confederate States: unknown
Results: Result(s): Confederate victory
Description:

During the night of September 6-7, Confederate forces evacuated Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg pressured by advancing Federal siegeworks. Federal troops then occupied all of Morris Island. On September 8, a storming party of about 400 marines and sailors attempted to surprise Fort Sumter. The attack was repulsed.
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