Rebecca Sineath, a laundress for the 21st Infantry was likely at Fort Wagner on Morris Island. The Island had two small forts protecting an entrance to Charleston Harbor. June 1863 was the lead up to the July assault by the 54th Massachusetts, an all African American federal unit. There were multiple Union war ships firing on the island as part of two major battles. The Confederate side ultimately held the island defeating the smaller federal force. However they abandoned the fort a month later.
Rebecca was buried along the edge of ‘Soldiers Ground’ cemetery with members of the 21st Infantry.
Today there is nothing left of Morris Island itself. An old Lighthouse sits on spot, the island washed away.
