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Alfred B. Hilton's Heroic Stand With the Colors at Fort Wagner

Feb 06 , 2026

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Smoke chokes the air. The flag is torn, blood-soaked. Still, it flies. Amidst the screams and the mayhem of Fort Wagner, a soldier named Alfred B. Hilton gripped the colors with hands near broken, ...

Alfred B. Hilton , Battle of Fort Wagner , Civil War hero

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Alfred B. Hilton's Valor at Fort Wagner and His Medal of Honor

Jan 17 , 2026

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Alfred B. Hilton stood beneath a storm of fire. Smoke clawed his lungs. Men around him fell like rag dolls. Still, he gripped the American flag—wounded, staggering, but unyielding. The colors could...

Alfred B. Hilton , Battle of Fort Wagner , Medal of Honor

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Alfred B. Hilton’s Courage in Carrying the Colors at Fort Wagner

Jan 17 , 2026

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Flames lick the Charleston sky. Smoke chokes the air. Amid the roar of cannons and cries of fallen men, one figure plants his colors like a living beacon — bloodied, staggering, but unyielding. Alf...

Alfred B. Hilton , Battle of Fort Wagner , Civil War hero

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Alfred B. Hilton and the Fort Wagner flag that inspired a nation

Dec 30 , 2025

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The flag whipped madly in the wind, torn and stained. Alfred B. Hilton gripped its staff with hands trembling, bloodied, but unyielding. Twice struck down, he rose again—because the colors had to f...

Alfred B. Hilton , Battle of Fort Wagner , Medal of Honor

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