Thomas M Wagner - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Years of service 1861 – 1862 Rank Lieutenant Colonel		Name Thomas Wagner

Died July 17, 1862(1862-07-17) Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina Buried at St. Michael's Churchyard in Charleston, South Carolina Allegiance Confederate States of America Service/branch Confederate States Army

Thomas M. Wagner (c. 1824 – July 17, 1862) was a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was killed when a cannon exploded during an inspection at Fort Moultrie. The main fortification on Morris Island was subsequently named for him and was the site of the First and Second Battle of Fort Wagner.

Before the war, he was a South Carolina state senator and an executive of the Charleston and Savannah Railroad.

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