Morris Island
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| Powierzchnia | 48,3 km² |
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Położenie na mapie Karoliny Południowej  | |
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 32°42′03″N 79°53′16″W/32,700833 -79,887778 | |
Morris Island – jedna z wysp należących do Sea Islands, leżąca u wybrzeży Karoliny Południowej w hrabstwie Charleston. Leży na południe od James Island i około 8 km na wschód od Charleston. Obecnie wyspa jest niezamieszkana.
Ze względu na strategiczne położenie u wejścia do portu w Charleston w czasie wojny secesyjnej była potężnie ufortyfikowana i znajdował się na niej Fort Wagner. W czasie walk o Charleston fort broniony przez wojska Południa był dwukrotnie atakowany przez Armię Unii, która ponosiła olbrzymie straty. W drugim ataku wziął udział 54 Ochotniczy Pułk Piechoty Massachusetts, pierwszy w pełni złożony z afroamerykańskich żołnierzy, którzy ponieśli 50% straty.
Wydarzenia z 1863 roku stały się podstawą do nakręcenia filmu na podstawie listów Roberta Goulda Shawa pod tytułem Chwała. Wyspa jest obecnie traktowana jako pomnik pamięci narodowej[1].
Przypisy
- ↑ Historic Morris Island Battlefield Again Under Threat of Development. [dostęp 2011-06-06]. [zarchiwizowane z tego adresu (2017-03-10)]. (ang.).
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Relief location map of the USA (without Hawaii and Alaska).
EquiDistantConicProjection : Central parallel :
* N: 37.0° N
Central meridian :
* E: 96.0° W
Standard parallels:
* 1: 32.0° N * 2: 42.0° N
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(1.3236744353715044 - (1.9694462586094064-({{{2}}}* pi / 180))
* cos(0.6010514667026994 * ({{{3}}} + 96) * pi / 180))
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The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground by Rick Reeves for the state of Massachusetts, 1863. Fort Wagner, South Carolina , 18 July 1863 -- The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was recruited in the spring of 1863 by Governor John Andrew, who had secured the reluctant permission of the War Department to create a regiment of African-American soldiers. Like all Massachusetts Civil War soldiers, the 54th's men were enlisted in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. These Guardsmen would serve as a test case for many skeptical whites who believed that blacks could not be good soldiers. The battle that proved they could was fought on Morris Island, at the mouth of Charleston Harbor. Following three days of skirmishes and forced marches with little rest, and 24 hours with no food, the regimental commander, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, requested the perilous honor of leading the attack of Fort Wagner, a sand and palmetto log bastion. As night fell, six hundred men of the 54th advanced with bayonets fixed. Despite withering cannon and rifle fire, the men sustained their charge until they reached the top of the rampart. There, Colonel Shaw was mortally wounded. There also, Sergeant William Carney, who had earlier taken up the national colors when the color sergeant had been shot, planted the flag and fought off numerous attempts by the Confederates to capture it. Without support, and faced with superior numbers and firepower, the 54th was forced to pull back. Despite two severe wounds, Sergeant Carney carried the colors to the rear. When praised for his bravery, he modestly replied: "I only did my duty, the old flag never touched the ground." Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions, the first African-American to receive the award. The 54th Massachusetts suffered 270 casualties in the failed assault. But the greater message was not lost: some 180,000 African-American soldiers followed in the footsteps of these gallant Guardsmen, and proved that African-American soldiers could indeed fight heroically if given the opportunity...
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Relief location map of South Carolina, USA
Geographic limits of the map:
- N: 35.4° N
- S: 31.8° N
- W: 83.6° W
- E: 78.3° W
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Morris Island, South Carolina