Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
| Second battle of Charleston Harbor (siege of Charleston Harbor) | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
Photograph taken of eastern barracks and "hot shot" cannon oven during the bombardment of Fort Sumter on September 8, 1863. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Quincy Gillmore John A. Dahlgren |
P.G.T. Beauregard Roswell S. Ripley | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 358 | 655 | ||||||
The second battle of Charleston Harbor, also known as the siege of Charleston Harbor, the siege of Fort Wagner, or the battle of Morris Island, took place during the American Civil War in the late summer of 1863 between a combined U.S. Army/Navy force and the Confederate defenses of Charleston, South Carolina.