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Fort Walker
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 1. Fort Walker Marker | | |
Inscription. Hastily built in 1861 to protect the S.C. coast
against Union attack, Fort Walker, commanded
by Col. William C. Heyward, bore the brunt
of the Union attack on November 7, 1861,
when after 4½ hours, with only 3 guns left
serviceable and ammunition almost gone,
the troops under Gen. Thomas F. Drayton
were forced to withdraw from the island.
Rebuilt by Union forces, it was renamed
Fort Welles.
Erected 1961 by Hilton Head Island Historical Society. (Marker Number 7-9.)
Location. 32° 13.965′ N, 80° 40.629′ W. Marker is in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in Beaufort County. Marker is on Fort Walker Drive, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Between N. Port Royal Drive & Steam Gun Place, at Port Royal Plantation- a Secure Gated Community, Restricted access. Marker is in this post office area: Hilton Head Island SC 29928, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. "Robbers Row" (a few steps from this marker); Hilton Head (approx. 0.2 miles away); Two Gallant Gentlemen from South Carolina (approx. 0.2 miles away); Battle of Port Royal (approx. 0.2 miles away); Steam Gun (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fort Sherman (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mitchelville Site (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort Howell - 1864 (approx. 0.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Hilton Head Island. | | | | 
By Mike Stroud, February 2009 | |
| | | 2. Fort Walker Marker with Port Royal Sound in background | | |
More about this marker. Fort Walker - In 1861, soon after South Carolina seceded from the Union, Fort Walker was established by the Confederate Army near the end of what is now Fort Walker Drive. |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 3. Fort Walker Marker with Interpretive markers along Ft. Walker Drive | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 4. Fort Walker Interpretive Marker | Left- General Thomas F. Drayton,C.S.A .
at Fish Hall Plantation
Right- Commodore Percival Drayton, U.S.N.
on the deck of the USS Hartford.
Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brigadier General, C.S.A.,
a West Point graduate, and his brother, Commodore
Percival Drayton, U.S.N., Captain of the USS Hartford,
met at the outbreak of the Cival War, shook hands,
and each went the way his conscience directed.
On November 7, 1861, the brothers met in combat
at the Battle of Port Royal. Commander Percival
Drayton, on the Union gun boat Pocahontas, attacked
Fort Walker of which General Thomas Drayton was
in command. | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 5. additional Fort Walker Interpretive Marker | | This pivot gun on the U.S. gunboat, "Pocahontas", was one of those which Captain Percival Drayton, U.S.N., used so effectively in 1861 shelling of Fort Walker, the fort commanded by his brother, General Thomas F. Drayton, C.S.A. The Draytons owned Fish Hall Plantation on Hilton Head Island, only a mile or so from the fort. | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 6. Fort Walker Interpretive Marker | | Looking like a picturesque corner of a New England resort, the office of the Chief Commissary os Subsistence and its neighboring Officers Quarters
lined the beach immediately west of the 1200 foot
Port Royal Sound Army pier. This building approximately
one mile northeast from this point on the beach. | | |
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The Hilton Head Island Historical Society, ` | |
| | | 7. Fort Walker Line of Union ships Port Royal Interpretive Marker | | This map shows clearly the elliptical course followed by the line of Union battleships as they shelled first Fort Walker and the Fort Beauregard. Separate dotted line shows course of the "Pocahontas" used by the Union to enfilade Fort Walker from close inshore. | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 8. Fort Walker earthworks remains as seen today | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 9. Fort Walker earthworks | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 10. Fort Walker earthworks | | |
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By Mike Stroud, February 6, 2009 | |
| | | 11. Fort Walker beach were Union troops landed ashore | | Port Royal Sound and site of Fort Beauregard in background | | |
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| Credits. This page originally submitted on February 28, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 905 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. Submitted on February 28, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. Submitted on April 16, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 6. Submitted on February 28, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 7. Submitted on August 30, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 8, 9, 10, 11. Submitted on February 28, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page. | | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print |
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