. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyrifihl h,, .■/Rrrie THE lO-INCH C0LUMI5IAD AT FORT WALKER, HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA The Capture of the Confederate forts at Port Royal, South Caro-lina. On the 29th of October, 18G1, there sailed from HamptonRoads the most formidable squadron ever fitted out in Americanwaters—men-of-war commanded by Flag-Officer Samuel F. Du-Pont in the Wabash, and army transports with a force of twelvethousand men under General Thomas W. Shcrinan. Imund forPort Royal Harbor, twent3miles north of the mouth ofthe Savannah River. On No-
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Copyrifihl h,, .■/Rrrie THE lO-INCH C0LUMI5IAD AT FORT WALKER, HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA The Capture of the Confederate forts at Port Royal, South Caro-lina. On the 29th of October, 18G1, there sailed from HamptonRoads the most formidable squadron ever fitted out in Americanwaters—men-of-war commanded by Flag-Officer Samuel F. Du-Pont in the Wabash, and army transports with a force of twelvethousand men under General Thomas W. Shcrinan. Imund forPort Royal Harbor, twent3miles north of the mouth ofthe Savannah River. On No-vember 1st, off Hatteras. asevere gale was encoimtered andfor a time the fleet was muchscattered, but by the 4th itwas again united at the liaroutside Port Royal Harbor overwliich the Wabash led tlic harbor fortifications whichhad been erected Ijy theConfederates were no smallaffairs. Fort Walker on HiltonHead Island was two miles anda half across the entrance fromFort Beauregard. Each had at. FERRY ACROSS THE COOSAW, PORT ROYAL least twenty guns of different caliber. On Novenilier 7th theFederal fleet attacked in close action. The men on shore werescarcely able to reply to the terrific broadsides of the mainbody of the big fleet as it passed back and forth throughthe harbor entrance, while other vessels outside enfiladedtlie flirts. At the third round of the ships the Confed-erates could be seen leavingFort Walker and before half-past two in the afternoon Com-mander Rodgers had planted theFederal flag on the sunset Fort Beauregardwas likewise deserted. Thisvictory placed in possession ofthe North one of the finestharbors of the Southern the lower picture we see theferry over the Coosaw River,near Port Royal, showing onthe opposite shore the site ofthe Confederate batteries seizedand demolished by General I. , Januarv 1, 1862. lEngag^mnttB of tl|p Oltutl Mar Art., D and E 2d 111. Artil., four Cav., Birges Sharpshooters and
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