Union fleet captures Port Royal Sound
November 7, 1861, Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.
- Date
- November 7, 1861
- Where
- Port Royal Sound, South Carolina
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 13 of 174
A Union fleet took the forts guarding Port Royal Sound. The Navy built coaling, provisioning and repair works there to keep the blockading squadron at sea.
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