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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.
The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island to the south and Fort Beauregard on Phillip's Island to the north. A small force of four gunboats supported the forts, but did not materially affect the battle.
First System fort destroyed by hurricane 1804, access by prior arrangement only South Carolina: Fort Wagner: Morris Island: Charleston: Civil War: 1862: 1865: 1865: Earthwork, nothing remains South Carolina: Fort Fremont: Saint Helena Island: Port Royal Sound: Endicott: 1899: 1914: 1921: South Carolina: Fort Welles/Fort Walker: Hilton Head ...
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 county is waiting for final permit issuance from the Town of Hilton Head to install the newly built dock, which will accommodate the ferry. It’s built and ready to be hooked up, according to ...
Although the Town of Hilton Head approved an agreement Tuesday to move forward with Beaufort County on the U.S. 278 corridor project, opponents of the plan said some “lines of defense” still ...
University of South Carolina Beaufort: Classes after 5 p.m. Thursday moved to e-learning; all classes and university offices will “operate normally” Friday. Mathnasium of Bluffton : Closed ...