Tag: Fort Chatfield (Morris Island SC)

Fortwiki says: Fort Gregg was established early in 1863 by Confederate forces to protect Fort Sumter and the approaches to Charleston. The fort was built as an earthworks on the tip of Morris Island on Cummings Point. Two heavy mortars were placed in the works. Fort Wagner and Fort Chatfield were placed south of Cummings Point. Fort Wagner provided land side protection for the other two forts. Union forces attacked Morris Island and Fort Wagner twice and besieged it until it was abandoned by Confederate forces on the night of 6-7 Sept 1863. Fort Chatfield and Fort Gregg fell soon after.