Battle of Port Royal

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The Battle of Port Royal was a major early Union naval victory in the American Civil War, securing a key harbor on the South Carolina coast and demonstrating the effectiveness of the Union blockade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Port Royal Sound ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States ⓘ
Union ⓘ
campaign Union coastal operations against the Confederacy ⓘ
captured Fort Beauregard ⓘ
Fort Walker ⓘ
commanderConfederate Josiah Tattnall III ⓘ
Thomas F. Drayton NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderUnion Samuel F. Du Pont ⓘ
Thomas W. Sherman ⓘ
conflictOf American Civil War ⓘ
conflictType naval and amphibious operation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1861-11-07 ⓘ
demonstrated effectiveness of Union blockade strategy ⓘ
value of amphibious operations ⓘ
endDate 1861-11-07 ⓘ
followedBy Union occupation of Port Royal Sound ⓘ
establishment of Union base at Port Royal ⓘ
front Atlantic coast ⓘ
impact contributed to Union control of the Sea Islands ⓘ
encouraged enslaved people in the region to seek Union protection ⓘ
provided Union with a long-term base for blockading the Southern coast ⓘ
involvedBranch Confederate Army ⓘ
Confederate Navy ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
Union Navy ⓘ
location Port Royal Sound, South Carolina ⓘ
notableFor major early Union naval victory ⓘ
one of the earliest large-scale amphibious operations of the Civil War ⓘ
use of steam-powered warships in coordinated attack ⓘ
opponent Confederate coastal defenses ⓘ
partOf Union Anaconda Plan implementation ⓘ
Union blockade operations ⓘ
precededBy initial Union blockade proclamations ⓘ
primaryObjective seize Port Royal Sound as a Union naval base ⓘ
region Lowcountry, South Carolina ⓘ
relatedEvent Port Royal Experiment ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1861-11-07 ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
strategicImportance secured major harbor on South Carolina coast ⓘ
strengthened Union naval blockade of the Confederacy ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1861 ⓘ

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Samuel Francis Du Pont → notableBattle → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → engagedIn → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → notableEvent → capture of Port Royal Sound ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Port Royal
Samuel Francis Du Pont → operationParticipatedIn → Union capture of Port Royal, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Port Royal
Battle of Port Royal → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Port Royal Sound ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Port Royal
Confederate States Navy → notableEngagement → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
Port Royal Sound → wasSiteOf → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
Port Royal Sound, South Carolina → wasSiteOf → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
Fort Beauregard (South Carolina) → engagement → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
subject linked to: Fort Beauregard
Daniel Ammen → participatedIn → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ
subject linked to: Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen
Port Royal Expedition → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Port Royal ⓘ