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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.
Hilton Head Island: 25: Fort Frederick: December 31, 1974 : Address Restricted: 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
During the first year of the Civil War, on November 7, 1861, Union forces consisting of approximately 60 ships and 20,000 men under the command of Union Navy Captain Samuel F. DuPont and Army General Thomas W. Sherman attacked Confederate forces commanded by Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton (a local planter) defending Hilton Head Island at Fort Walker and Fort Beauregard.
Hilton Head Island, often referred to as simply Hilton Head, is a Lowcountry resort town and barrier island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. [8] It is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Savannah, Georgia (as the crow flies), and 95 miles (153 km) southwest of Charleston .
The Hilton Head area real estate market gets a lot of attention, but by the numbers so should the northern part of the county. The median prices of homes sold through the Beaufort Jasper County ...
The rollback was already factored into this year’s budget, and the millage rate went down from 53.9 for the 2023 budget to 51.7 for the 2024 budget.
The storm could bring up to 30 inches of rain to the Hilton Head area, according to the National Weather Service. List of flood-prone areas in Beaufort Co. as Tropical Storm Debby signals record ...
Beaufort County (/ ˈ b juː f ər t / BEW-fərt) is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 187,117. [1] Its county seat is Beaufort and its largest community is Hilton Head Island. [2] Beaufort County is part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.