Storming Fort Wagner. Union soldiers storm the walls of Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, and engage with some Confederate soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. The American Civil War's origins lay in slavery and the extension of slavery into western territories.

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Storming Fort Wagner. Union soldiers storm the walls of Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, and engage with some Confederate soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. The American Civil War's origins lay in slavery and the extension of slavery into western territories.

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