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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
English: United States map of 1861, showing affiliation of states and territories regarding secession from the Union at the start of the American Civil War. Legend: States that seceded before April 15, 1861