First Battle of Fort Wagner | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
![]() Plan of Fort Wagner, with overlay showing armament | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Quincy A. Gillmore John A. Dahlgren George C. Strong |
P.G.T. Beauregard Robert F. Graham | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
2nd Division, X Corps (Department of the South) | Fort Wagner garrison | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 brigade | 1,770 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
339 total (49 killed; 123 wounded; 167 captured/missing)[1] | 12[2] |
The First Battle of Fort Wagner was fought on July 10 and 11, 1863, on Morris Island in Charleston harbor during the American Civil War. An attempt by the Union Army to capture Fort Wagner was repulsed. The more famous Second Battle of Fort Wagner, which involved an assault by the 54th Massachusetts, would be fought on July 18.