<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fort_Wagner" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Battle of Fort Wagner">Second Battle of Fort Wagner</a>: One of the first formal <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> military units, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Regiment_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry">54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry</a>, supported by several white regiments, attempts an unsuccessful assault on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a>-held <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wagner" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fort Wagner">Battery Wagner</a>.