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 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 ...