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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
f this address. Battery Wagner was named after Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M. Wagner, of the First regiment of South Carolina Regular Arted in adjusting the flag, and some few moments elapsed during which Wagner showed no colors to the enemy. Supposing that the fort had struck le as an army with banners. 'Twas the flag that floated again over Wagner which restored confidence in Charleston, and the exultant cry whichstance to the rush upon it which was expected. The enemy believing Wagner to be practically demolished, and its garrison too crippled and demrush to the rear, and Sumter and Gregg also threw their shells over Wagner into the crowded masses of the discomfited enemy. In the meantime nd disastrous repulse to the assailants, and the ground in front of Wagner was literally strewn with the dead and dying. The cries of anguishght hundred dead bodies were buried by the Confederates in front of Wagner the following morning. If this is a correct estimate, it will be s