. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . (pi/nf/ht hij / Hiviexcs Co. THE 10-INCH COLUMBIAD AT FORT WALKER, HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA The Capture of the Confederate forts at Port Royal, South Caro-Hna. On the 29th of October, 1861, 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. Sherman, bound forPort Royal
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . (pi/nf/ht hij / Hiviexcs Co. THE 10-INCH COLUMBIAD AT FORT WALKER, HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA The Capture of the Confederate forts at Port Royal, South Caro-Hna. On the 29th of October, 1861, 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. Sherman, bound forPort Royal Harbor, twentymiles north of the mouth ofthe Savannah River. On No-vember 1st, off Hatteras, asevere gale was encountered andfor a time the fleet was muchscattered, but by the 4th itwas again united at the baroutside Port Royal Harbor overwhich the Wabash led the harbor fortifications whichhad been erected 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 November 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 enfiladedthe forts. 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. , January 1, 1862. lEngarjnnrnta of t\}t (Umi Mar Art., D and E 2d 1
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