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.
The Union aimed to capture Port Royal during the Civil War to gain a strategic foothold in the South and establish a base for further military operations. Securing Port Royal would allow the Union to control key maritime routes, disrupt Confederate supply lines, and facilitate blockades. Additionally, capturing the port would help in the recruitment and training of freed slaves, bolstering Union forces while undermining the Confederacy's labor resources. Overall, it was a crucial step in the Union's broader strategy to weaken the Confederacy.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville was due to the Union's attempt to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia and ultimately capture Richmond, the South's capitol. Although Union forces outnumbered the Southern forces, Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia and defeated the Union army.
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Officially neutral in the Civil War it was occupied by both the Union and Confederates.
Port Royal was Southern port with a capacity for trading and thus helping the Southern economy. The Union wished to capture this port city in South Carolina for shutting down its ability to be a trading port. It also the Union a land holding in the Deep South.
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The Union aimed to capture Port Royal during the Civil War to gain a strategic foothold in the South and establish a base for further military operations. Securing Port Royal would allow the Union to control key maritime routes, disrupt Confederate supply lines, and facilitate blockades. Additionally, capturing the port would help in the recruitment and training of freed slaves, bolstering Union forces while undermining the Confederacy's labor resources. Overall, it was a crucial step in the Union's broader strategy to weaken the Confederacy.
Union Captain Samuel Du Pont was in charge of naval operations and General Thomas W. Sherman was in charge of army operations in this joint armed forces capture of Port Royal.
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Fleet Officer Samuel Du Pont led a Union naval flotilla that helped the Union take over the Southern port of Port Royal in November of 1861. His force consisted of seventy vessels and bombarded the forts protecting the harbor forcing their surrender. General William T. Sherman's forces then took over the forts. Port Royal was now in Union hands.
Tennessee
Southern states seceded from the Union
through the reconstruction process.
through the reconstruction process.
They became a part of the union after they lost the civil war.