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By Mike Stroud, February 2009
Battle of Port Royal Marker, shares location with Hilton Head Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► South Carolina, Beaufort County, Hilton Head Island — 7-7 — Battle of Port Royal —  |
| A decisive battle in the Civil War took place here on Nov. 7, 1861, when 18 Union warships with about 55 supporting craft led by Adm. S.E. DuPont bombarded for 4˝ hours the Confederate forces in Fort Walker on this shore and Fort Beauregard on . . . — — Map (db m16504) HM | |||
| 2 ► South Carolina, Beaufort County, Hilton Head Island — 7-9 — Fort Walker — |
| 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 . . . — — Map (db m16519) HM | |||