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 opposite point.
About 13,000 troops under Gen. Thomas
W. Sherman then landed on this beach
to establish the main Union blockade
base on the South Atlantic coast.
Marker is at the intersection of Fort Walker Drive and Circle at Catesby Lane, in the median on Fort Walker Drive.
Courtesy hmdb.org
