Port_Royal_BL2

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 * 1) =====Name of battle*=====
 * 2) =====Dates battle occurred*=====
 * 3) =====Location(s) of battle*=====
 * 4) =====Officers in charge (both sides)*=====
 * 5) =====Information on troops present at the battle. Amount, Titles (company, brigade, etc)*=====
 * 6) =====Brief synopsis of battle (2 paragraph minimum)*=====
 * 7) =====Major strategic moves and turning points of battle*=====
 * 8) =====Outcome of battle - who won, and how they won*=====
 * 9) =====Causalities*=====

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4: Generals wherevEgbert L Viele tIsaac I. Stevens, and Horatio G. Wright. Serious planning was done by Du pont,Sherman,Wright,and Montgomery c meigs. Confederates-Richard H. Anderson, Roswell S. Ripley, Thomas F Draton. General Stevens'=====

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forces of his brigade, Seventy-ninth New York Highlanders, Fiftieth Pennsylvania, Eighth Michigan, and One Hundredth Pennsylvania, and two regiments from General Viele's Brigade, the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth New York, under the command of Colonel Perry of the Forty-eighth.=====

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5: The North had 77 vessels and 12,653 troops. The South had 44 cannons, 3,077 troops and four gunboats.=====

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6: Synopsis- Main attack body consisted of nine ships with guns and one ship without guns, five gun ships flanked and one gun ship stayed behind to protect the transport ships. Fight started after a gun in Fort Walker fired on the fleet approaching. Many more shots came from within the fort. The ships replied by firing back their cannons, most shots were missed that were fired from the ships. The balancing of the ships were throwing off the aim of the cannons,most just flew over head of the forts.=====

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The unions gunners were getting exhausted and most of their cannons were disabled except three. They were almost out of powder for their guns so they abandoned their gunning positions. The union ships saw confederate troops leaving the battle and a cease fire was ordered. The union capture the confederate forts and their flags were raised after the battle.=====

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7. The major strategic move for the confederates was having two forts armed with over 13 guns and multiple cannons. They were both heavily defended and ready for the union navy to come. The unions strategic move was completely outnumbering them, they had over 17 warships and over 600 marines ready for battle. The warships protected the transport ships of troops. The union used the ability of faster and more maneuverable steamships to move around and avoid most cannon fire that was aimed at any of the ships. They also had a flanking group of ships to flank the main fort, fort walker.=====

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8. The union navy won the battle. They won by bombarding the confederate forts with fire from their gunships. They did this until the confederates abandoned their forts and until the confederates were out of gun powder. The union then raised the union flag on the confederate forts.=====

9: Casualties were light, with 11 Confederates killed, 48 wounded, three captured and four missing. Among the federals, eight were killed, six seriously wounded, and 17 slightly wounded. The federal vessels sustained no significant damage.

10: It was a good thing that the union obtained the port because we could send supply's down to our troops in the south.

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