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DuPont's Fleet Battles Fort Sumter At Charleston
The April 1863 naval action near Charleston pitted Admiral DuPont's South Atlantic squadron against Confederate fortifications at Fort Sumter. Monitors endured severe damage and casualties as gunfire and mines tested ironclads, while Keokuk sank and others sustained hits. The Union abandoned the attack with plans to renew, but Charleston remained under Confederate control until Sherman’s land flank later.
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Charleston
S.C
Fort Sumter
Richmond
Capital
sAttantic
Gulf
Singli
Thomas C. DeLeon
Jefferson Davis
South
U.S. Navy
Samuel F. DuPont
South Atlantic
Honclads
John Ericsson
Merrimack
Hampton Roads
Soule Cara- Hinkins
B. GT. Reanre
Kuril
Weehawken
Passaic
Montauk
Patapseo
New Hensides
DuPont
Cals Kill
Nantucket
Nahant
Keokuk
Willette
Sumter
About & Pti
Hla Chiar
Atatt
Patapsco
Catskill
Navy
William T. Sherman