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* {{Roberts}}, page 725
* {{Roberts}}, page 725
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-port.html#hilton North American Forts - Hilton Head Military Reservation]
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/sc-port.html#hilton North American Forts - Hilton Head Military Reservation]
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com North American Forts - Fort Welles]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Welles Wikipedia - Fort Welles]


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Fort Welles (1861-1865) - A U.S. Civil War Coastal Fort first established as Fort Walker in 1861 by Confederate forces on Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Renamed by Union forces as Fort Welles in G.O. 29, Headquarters, Expeditionary Corps, Hilton Head, South Carolina, November 15,1861. Named after honoring then U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles. Abandoned in 1865.

Endicott Period (1890-1910)

Part of the Harbor Defense of Port Royal Sound.


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File:Fort Welles Plan.jpg
Fort Welles Plan


Current Status

Part of Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina.

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Location: Hilton Head, Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Maps & Images

Lat: 32.23275 Long: -80.67715

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 725

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