Battle Royal

May 1, 1863

Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked Col. Streight’s column as it crossed Locust’s swift waters, causing the Federals to make tremendous exertions to complete the movement, contributing thereby to Streight’s eventual surrender of his entire command to Forrest some forty ...

Battle of Port Royal

A decisive battle in the Civil War took

place here on Nov. 7, 1861, when 18

Union warships with about 55 supporting

craft led by Adm. S.E. DuPont bombarded

for 4½ hours the Confederate forces

in Fort Walker on this shore and Fort

Beauregard on the ...

Battle of Port Royal Island

Near the old halfway house, in the

vicinity of Grays Hill, on February

3, 1779, a force of South Carolina

Militia, Continentals, and

volunteers, including men from

Beaufort, under General William

Moultrie, defeated the British in

their attempt to capture Port

Royal Island.

Marker is on Trask Parkway ...

Battle of Front Royal

May 23, 1862

Confederate Army of 16,000 under General Stonewall Jackson overwhelmed a Federal outpost of 1,000 under Colonel John R. Kenly. The Confederates approached Front Royal undetected from southwest on the afternoon of May 23. Spy Belle Boyd gave the ...

Battle of Front Royal

May 23, 1862, General Jackson surprised General Banks’ forces in and around Front Royal, capturing many prisoners and army supplies and forcing Banks to flee in disorder out of the Shenandoah Valley into Maryland. This was the first move in ...

Battle of Port Royal

On the morning of November 7, 1861, Du Pont's flagship, the Wabash led the fleet into action. As the Union vessels near the sound Confederate batteries at Forts Walker and Beauregard opened fire. Du Pont, having sent ships to test ...