This is an iHeart Podcast. Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together, Diplo? I pulled up real quick.
He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus, and we had like three hours. It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house. I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing?
He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible. At a blast, cruising around the festival weekend in the all-new Palisade Hybrid.
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And we continue with our American stories. Up next, the story of Army Sergeant William H. Carney. who became the first black American to have earned the Medal of Honor. protecting one of the United States' greatest symbols.
during the Civil War. The American flag. Here to tell a story is the Jack Miller Center's editorial officer and historian. Elliot Drago. The Jack Miller Center, by the way, is a nationwide network of scholars and teachers dedicated to educating the next generation.
about America's founding principles and history. To learn more, visit JackMillerCenter.com. Dot org Let's take a listen. William Carney heard a familiar voice roar. Forward, 54th.
Dashing up the steep slope with sand chafing his arms, legs, and neck. He saw a bullet-ridden flag flutter, beginning an agonizing plummet to the ground. Throwing his rifle aside, he grabbed the stars and stripes before they landed on the gritty crest. Time stopped as he raised the flag. as a monstrous rifle volley melted away the soldiers around him.
He felt the heat of a lead ball careen through his thigh. Carney braced himself against the flag, ready to die while rallying his friends to take the fort. Despite the danger around him, Sergeant William H. Kearney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment survived. holding the flag aloft for one whole half hour on Fort Wagner's power pit.
William Henry Carney was born enslaved in Norfolk, Virginia on February 29, 1840. While his mother Anne was freed by her owner upon his death, His father, William Sr., remained enslaved to Sarah Twine of Old Point Comfort, Virginia. Twine promised to free her slaves in her will, but when she died in 1857, the High Sheriff took them all to the auction block. Williams Sr. escaped, making his way north via the Underground Railroad.
He met with the black abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor William Still in Philadelphia. yet did not feel secure on the soil where the Declaration of Independence was written. Slave catchers prowled the Philadelphia region, forcing the elder Carney to move to New York, though that city also had ruthless kidnapping gangs. Like Frederick Douglass, Williams Sr. finally found safety in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he worked as a skilled laborer and coastal sailor and earned enough to emancipate the rest of his enslaved family.
Though not much is known of the younger Carney's childhood, He later told a reporter that he attended a quote private and secret school led by a Norfolk minister who taught him how to read and write. Carney embraced the gospel and when he arrived in New Bedford as a young man, joined a church led by Reverend William Jackson, an Underground Railroad agent who would not only become the chaplain of the 54th Massachusetts, but also the first black man to be commissioned as an officer in the United States Army. Despite Carney's strong inclination to join the ministry, The tug of the war inspired him to, in his words, serve my God by serving my country and my oppressed brothers. And so he enlisted in the 54th Massachusetts in February 1863. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1st, 1863.
Had already announced that black men could and would enlist in the United States Army and Navy. Many white Americans doubted their ability to fight. though by war's end over 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had joined the Union cause. Their statistics were mind-boggling. approximately three quarters of military age Northern black men served.
About half of them were former enslaved people from the Confederate States. 40,000 black men lost their lives during the war. When Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew called for recruits, over 1,000 black men responded. Including two of Frederick Douglass's sons, with many of these volunteers coming from the south and locales as distant as the Caribbean.
Though Governor Andrew hoped to commission black officers for this new regiment, 54th Massachusetts. Many viewed such a move as controversial and therefore white officers led the black recruits. The governor selected the 25-year-old Colonel Robert Gould Shaw to command the 54th. Born to a well-heeled Boston abolitionist family, Shaw was deeply moved by family friend Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. and though initially reluctant to take command of the 54th, he soon grew to respect the eager black recruits.
Later. Shaw refused wages until his soldiers earned equal pay. The 54th drilled outside of Boston, and on May 28th, 1863, they paraded through the city to bid the residents farewell. The parade passed the home of the famous abolitionist Wendell Phillips. where William Lloyd Garrison watched them, crying with pride.
Spectators thronged the streets of Boston. cheering the men on. At night, they left for the coast of South Carolina. Fast forward to early July eighteen sixty three. When Union forces began the siege of Charleston, the city that many Northerners blamed for starting the Civil War.
The famous Fort Sumter loomed at the mouth of the city's harbor, and Fort Wagner, situated on Morris Island, guarded the southern part of the harbor. Understanding the strategic necessity and morale boost of capturing Charleston, Union commanders soon concocted a plan. Union forces would attack Morris Island from the south, take Fort Wagner, and then seize a battery on the northern tip of the island known as Cummings Point. The capture of Cummings Point would give the Union Navy the opportunity to level Fort Sumter and enter the port unmolested. On July 10th, Union forces captured the southern tip of Morris Island, but the next day, Confederate forces prevented the taking of Fort Wagner.
The fort itself boasted fourteen cannon, A massive bomb shelter for 1,000 of the fort's 1,700 defenders, and a moat 10 feet wide and 5 feet deep. The Confederate forces stationed there prepared themselves for the next Union attack. which began with an eleven hour artillery barrage on july eighteenth. This bombardment was ineffective. and the Confederates suffered few casualties.
When the call was made for Union ground forces to take the force at dusk on July 18th, the Fifty Fourth Massachusetts led the way. One veteran of the battle described the beach in front of Fort Wagner as: quote, the fiery vortex of hell. The regiment surged through one of the narrowest points on the beach, effectively becoming a spear-shaped mass of men. with Colonel Shaw and the flag bearer at the tip. running over the dunes, wading through the moat, and now scaling the sandy ramparts, They watched as Shaw raised his sword atop the fort's parapet, crying, Forward, 54th.
and then meet his death in a hail of gunfire. Carney did not wait to act after Shaw fell. He recovered the flag, held a rallying point on the sandy crest of the fort. and two hours later, limped back to the field hospital. He refused to let anyone take the flag from him, and before he fainted from blood loss, the men around him.
Boys, the old flag never touched the ground. The Union forces failed to take Fort Wagner that day. The 54th Massachusetts suffered heavy losses during the battle. and many of the survivors captured by the Confederates were given no quarter or sold into slavery. Shaw's body was tossed into a mass grave alongside the brave black Americans who fought and died with him.
Those wounded in the battle evacuated to Beaufort, South Carolina the next day. According to The Free South, a Beaufort newspaper, The wounded of the Fifty fourth Massachusetts came off the boat first. And as these sad evidences of the bravery and patriotism of the colored man passed through the lines of spectators, every heart seemed to be touched. and we will vouch for it that no word of scorn or contempt for the black soldiers will ever be heard from any who witnessed the sight. In that moment, our volunteers saw suffering comrades in the black men.
and the tender hand and strong shoulder was extended as readily to them as to their fairer compatriots. Nobody embodied bravery and patriotism more than Sergeant William H. Carney. An American whose wartime efforts epitomize the lengths to which one might strive to fulfill America's founding ideals of life. liberty in the pursuit of happiness.
As a former enslaved man, Carney fought and bled for his nation in the hopes of securing freedom for all. For his valorous service to the United States, he became the first black American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. and as Carney humbly repeated throughout his life to anyone who asked about his actions at Fort Wagner, I only did my duty. The old flag never touched the ground. And a beautiful job on the production, editing, and storytelling by our own Greg Engler.
And a special thanks to Jack Miller Center's editorial officer, Elliot Trago and the work that Jack Miller Center does around this country. Teaching and working with a nationwide network of scholars dedicated to educating the next generation of Americans. on our founding principles in history, Well, it's work that we applaud and celebrate. And you can find out more by going to jackmillercenter.org. And what a story, a reminder, by the way, that 40,000 black Americans paid the ultimate price.
fighting to defend their freedom. in the Civil War. That is a part of the story that is not told enough. The story of Army Sergeant William H. Carney, the first black American to earn the Medal of Honor.
And for doing so by protecting A flag. Here on Our American Stories. Hey, it's Bobby from the Bobby Bone Show. I had an incredible time at this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival and even got the chance to hang out with Diplo and Bailey Zimmerman while I was there. How did Ashes come together, Diplo?
I pulled up real quick. He was about to leave on tour. You're about to jump in your tour bus, and we had like three hours. It was really cool. He literally just like randomly showed up to my house.
I'm like, oh, hey, Diplo, what are you doing? He's like, I have a song that I want to show you. And I was like, okay. You can listen to the full episode out now wherever you get your podcast. And big shout out to my friends at Hyundai for making this possible.
At a blast, cruising around the festival this weekend in the all-new Palisade Hybrid. Hey, what's up? It's Marla Lopez. Back to schools, an exciting time, but it can also be overwhelming, and kids may feel isolated, a vulnerability that human traffickers can exploit. Human trafficking doesn't always look like what you expect.
Everyday moments can become opportunities for someone with bad intentions, whether you're a parent, teacher, coach, or neighbor. Check in. Ask questions, stay connected. Blue Campaign is a national awareness initiative that provides resources to help recognize suspected instances of human trafficking. Learn the signs and how to report at dhs.gov/slash blue campaign.
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