Robert J. Patterson and His Medal of Honor at Fort Wagner

Robert J. Patterson and His Medal of Honor at Fort Wagner

May 20 , 2026

Infidel Co.

Blood and smoke choked the morning sky. Men fell like wheat before the sickle. Amid the chaos—rifles chattering, steel clashing—a lone soldier stood his ground, clutching shattered remnants of a re...

Civil War hero , Fort Wagner battle , Robert J. Patterson

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

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

May 15 , 2026

Infidel Co.

His body was riddled with bullets and bayonet stabs. The colors—the American flag—barely clutched in his grasp. Still, Alfred B. Hilton bore it forward. Fort Wagner wasn’t just a position on a map....

Alfred B. Hilton , Civil War hero , Fort Wagner battle

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Alfred B. Hilton and the flag that rallied troops at Fort Wagner

Alfred B. Hilton and the flag that rallied troops at Fort Wagner

May 15 , 2026

Infidel Co.

Alfred B. Hilton gripped the tattered colors in one hand, blood seeping through the cloth and his own shattered flesh. The roar of cannon fire crashed around him, shouts fracturing in the smoke. He...

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

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