September 6, 1863
---Battle of Charleston Harbor -- Heavy
shelling of Charleston and he surrounding harbor continues. Col. Lawrence Keitt, commander at Fort
Wagner, loses 100 men to the Federal bombardment on Sept. 5, and with the
concurrence of Gen. Beauregard’s headquarters, Keitt and his troops abandon
Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg after dark.
The next day, Union troops enter the fortifications only to find that
their quarry has fled.
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