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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 ...
The Navy in the Civil War—II Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Reprint, Blue and Gray Press, n.d. Browning, Robert M. Jr., Success is all that was expected; the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War. Brassey's, 2002. ISBN 1-57488-514-6; Faust, Patricia L., Historical Time Illustrated encyclopedia of the Civil War. Harper and ...
Port Royal Island - 1. Camp Saxton (Smith's plantation) Most of the slaves in the South Carolina Sea Islands became free after the Battle of Port Royal on November 7, 1861 when many of the white residents and plantation owners fled the area after the arrival of the Union Navy and Army. [6]
The Sea Islands were known historically for the production of Sea Island cotton. [6] The enslaved workers developed the notable and distinct Gullah culture and language which has survived to contemporary times. [7] During the American Civil War, the Union Navy and the Union Army soon occupied the islands. The white planter families had fled to ...
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 compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Volume 1. The Dyer publishing company, 1908; Helsley, Alexia Jones. Wicked Edisto: The Dark Side of Eden. Arcadia Publishing, 2014; Hess, Earl J. Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861–1864. Univ of North Carolina Press, 2006. – via Project MUSE (subscription ...
From agriculture to racial relations and politics, the Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893 had far-reaching impacts. Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893 packed 121 mph winds, 16-foot storm surge, 2,000 deaths ...
An 1861 cartoon map of Winfield Scott's plan. The lower seaboard theater of the American Civil War encompassed major military and naval operations that occurred near the coastal areas of the Southeastern United States: in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Port Hudson, Louisiana, and points south of it.