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How did the Union capture the Southern port city of Port Royal in the US Civil War?
ChuckSiata
Port Royal, in South Carolina was a target for Union blockaders. The city was located in the southeastern part of that state. In early November of 1861, the Union navy assembled a huge armada of ships, seventy seven in all and was the largest naval force assembled at that point of the war. The fleet also carried 12,000 troops to occupy Port Royal as the city would serve as a Union base of blockading operations in the southeast portion of the Atlantic coast. The warships were under the command of Samuel Du Pont, and he successfully forced the evacuation of two Southern batteries protecting Port Royal and its harbor. It was a fierce artillery battle that could be heard from 50 miles away. The city and its port was in Union hands on November 7, 1861.
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