History in 18th Jul

Astronaut and politician John Glenn born in Cambridge, Ohio. The first American to orbit the Earth, piltoing Friendship 7, Glenn later represented Ohio in the United States Senate for over two decades.

A small Union force, led by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, assaults Fort Wagner, an earthen Confederate fort on Morris Island. While the Union soldiers could not capture the fort, the attack demonstrated the bravery and professionalism of the 54th, one of the first all-black regiments in the Union Army.

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