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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1861-1865) - A Confederate [[U.S. Civil War]] post established in 1861 in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Captured by Union forces in November 1861. Abandoned in 1865. May also known as Union [[Fort Seward]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1861-1865) - A Confederate [[U.S. Civil War]] post established in 1861 in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Captured by Union forces in November 1861. Abandoned in 1865. May also known as Union [[Fort Seward (3)]]. | ||
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Fort Beauregard was built out early in the [[U.S. Civil War]] as a 13 gun Confederate earthworks located at Bay Point on Phillips Island in Port Royal Sound. Fort Walker was the companion fort on the opposite side of the sound at Hilton Head. The Fort was captured by Union forces from Admiral [[Samuel DuPont|Samuel DuPont's]] fleet that included three brigades of infantry under General [[Thomas W. Sherman]]. The fort may have been renamed [[Fort Seward]] after capture. The Fort remained in Union hands for the duration of the war. | Fort Beauregard was built out early in the [[U.S. Civil War]] as a 13 gun Confederate earthworks located at Bay Point on Phillips Island in Port Royal Sound. Fort Walker was the companion fort on the opposite side of the sound at Hilton Head. The Fort was captured by Union forces from Admiral [[Samuel DuPont|Samuel DuPont's]] fleet that included three brigades of infantry under General [[Thomas W. Sherman]]. The fort may have been renamed [[Fort Seward (3)]] after capture. The Fort remained in Union hands for the duration of the war. | ||
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'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' Bay Point on Phillips Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. | ||
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Revision as of 08:16, 3 March 2013
Fort Beauregard (3) (1861-1865) - A Confederate U.S. Civil War post established in 1861 in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Captured by Union forces in November 1861. Abandoned in 1865. May also known as Union Fort Seward (3).
Fort Beauregard (3) History
Fort Beauregard was built out early in the U.S. Civil War as a 13 gun Confederate earthworks located at Bay Point on Phillips Island in Port Royal Sound. Fort Walker was the companion fort on the opposite side of the sound at Hilton Head. The Fort was captured by Union forces from Admiral Samuel DuPont's fleet that included three brigades of infantry under General Thomas W. Sherman. The fort may have been renamed Fort Seward (3) after capture. The Fort remained in Union hands for the duration of the war.
Current Status
ppppp, Beaufort County, South Carolina
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1237200
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Location: Bay Point on Phillips Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Maps & Images Lat: 32.2569444 Long: -80.6333333 |
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 710
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