. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . ■v a^. or cnvrirsTtN s c-FriuiL Lfb Mil \U I\ I 1 f^mi^^^^frp^^fi Ml LLt rr nil i\\ciiTio> UNION SKIRMISHERS IN FRONT OF WAGNER. feit, or the wounded body of some of our boys was theaccomplished fiendish work. Fort Wagner was one of the most terrific battles ofthe war; the numbers engaged were but a fraction of thenumbers at Gettysburg and Spottsylvania and ColdHarbor, but the fierce fighting and heroism at Wagnerwas not excelled upon any battlefield in the War of theRebellion, nor that of any other war. There were many instances of p

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. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . ■v a^. or cnvrirsTtN s c-FriuiL Lfb Mil \U I\ I 1 f^mi^^^^frp^^fi Ml LLt rr nil i\\ciiTio> UNION SKIRMISHERS IN FRONT OF WAGNER. feit, or the wounded body of some of our boys was theaccomplished fiendish work. Fort Wagner was one of the most terrific battles ofthe war; the numbers engaged were but a fraction of thenumbers at Gettysburg and Spottsylvania and ColdHarbor, but the fierce fighting and heroism at Wagnerwas not excelled upon any battlefield in the War of theRebellion, nor that of any other war. There were many instances of personal l)raveryhere at Wagner. The brave and gallant General Strongleading his brigade up to the very ditch of the Fort fell 247 REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION with a terrible shell wound in his hip from which he dieda few days later. Adjutant Libby, his chief of staff, my predecessor—our Adjutant Libby of the 3rd Regiment—one of thebravest of the brave, was killed in executing the com-mands of his chief. Colonel Robert C. Shaw of the 54th Mas

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