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The Battle of Port Royal
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November 1861. The South was winning the Civil War. Fort Sumter had fallen to the Confederates. The Federal army was routed at Manassas. The blockade of Southern ports was a farce; commerce and weapons flowed almost as freely as before the war. There were stirrings of interest from foreign powers in recognizing
the Confederacy and brokering a forced peace accord. The Federals needed to turn the tide. The largest fleet ever assembled by the United States set its sights on the South Carolina coast for this much-needed victory. On November 7, 1861, this mighty weapon of war engaged two undermanned and outgunned forts in Hilton
Head in a clash called the Battle of Port Royal. Join historian Michael Coker as he tells the story of this largely forgotten battle, a pivotal turning point in the war that defined our nation.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. They Had Come from Northern Shores Far Away
- Chapter 2. Gallant Ships, Tempest-Toss’d
- Chapter 3. Triumphant Still Their Course Southward Lay
- Chapter 4. Those Shores So Serene
- Chapter 5. Where Hilton Head and Low Bay Point Defied
- Chapter 6. Iron Tempest in Incessant Blast
- Chapter 7. Avenged Is Sumter’s Humbled Flag at Last
- Selected Bibliography