OCTOBER 29TH, 1861: A large Union expedition to attack Port Royal, South Carolina, sailed from Fort Monroe, under the command of Flag Officer Du Pont in the USS Wabash. Comprising 77 vessels, it was the largest U.S. fleet ever assembled to that date.
Army forces numbering about 16,000 men, commanded by Brigadier general Thomas W. Sherman, accompanied them.
Port Royal Sound, about equi-distant from Savannah and Charleston, was of recognized importance, and one of the first locations fortified by the Confederates against the entrance of Union ships.
--Old B-R'er
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