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Port Royal is a town on Port Royal Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 14,220 at the 2020 census . It is part of the Hilton Head Island–Bluffton metropolitan area .
Port Royal: The preserve is located adjacent to the grounds of Naval Hospital Beaufort. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources constructed a gravel road to access the site in August of 2020. 26: Fort Fremont Battery: Fort Fremont Battery: May 5, 2010 : Bay Point Rd., 0.3 miles (0.48 km) from Land's End Rd.
Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve is a 3-acre (12,000 m 2) property located in Port Royal, South Carolina. [2] [3] Situated along the Beaufort River, the preserve contains the remains of Fort Frederick.
350-year-old Port Royal giant tops a must-see list of amazing oaks in Beaufort County. ... The Cherry Hill Plantation Oak was commemorated as the 2013 Heritage Tree by Trees SC, a non-profit ...
Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve is located at 601 Old Fort Road in Port Royal. It is open to visitors year-round daily from dawn to dusk. ... Fort Frederick is the oldest surviving tabby fort in ...
Built with slave labor during 1861, the fort was to defend against a Union blockade of one of the south’s most important ports at Port Royal. [1] Fort Walker along with the Confederate Fort Beauregard on the opposite side of Port Royal Sound was the site of the Battle of Port Royal during November 1861.
A 1779 map of the area, annotated to show how forces reached Port Royal Island. British movements are shown in red, American movements in blue. The only major defense establishment on Port Royal Island was Fort Lyttelton, which was garrisoned by a company of Continental Army troops under Captain John DeTreville. [8]
In 1861 the Union captured the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and their main harbor, Port Royal. The white residents fled, leaving behind 10,000 black slaves. Several private Northern charity organizations stepped in to help the former slaves become self-sufficient. The result was a model of what Reconstruction could have been. The ...