Editing Fort Wagner (section)

==Construction==
Fort Wagner measured {{convert|250|yd|m}} by {{convert|100|yd|m}}, and spanned an area between the Atlantic on the east and an impassable swamp on the west. Its walls, composed of sand and earth, rose {{convert|30|ft|m}} above the level beach and were supported by [[Sabal|palmetto]] logs and sandbags. The fort's arsenal included fourteen cannons, the largest a {{convert|10|in|mm|adj=on}} [[Columbiad]] that fired a 128-pound shell. It was a large structure capable of sheltering nearly 1,000 of the fort's 1,700-man garrison and provided substantial protection against naval shelling. The fort's land face was protected by a water-filled [[trench]], {{convert|10|ft|m}} wide and {{convert|5|ft|m}} deep, surrounded by buried land mines and sharpened palmetto stakes.<ref name=54th>[http://www.historynet.com/magazines/american_civil_war/3035986.html The 54th and Fort Wagner] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930220109/http://www.historynet.com/magazines/american_civil_war/3035986.html |date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>  The fort itself was supported by defenses throughout Morris Island.<ref>{{cite book|title=Correspondence relating to fortification of Morris Island and operations of engineers|date=1878|location=New York|url=http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sclpam/id/1281|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref>