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More about Battle Of Port Royal Sound
By Mike Stroud, February 2009
Battle of Port Royal Marker, shares location with Hilton Head Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | 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 4½ hours the Confederate forces
in Fort Walker on this shore and . . . — — Map (db m16504) HM |
| | 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 |
May. 5, 2024