gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Battle_of_Port_Royal
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gptkbp:casualtiesUnion
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11 killed, 48 wounded, 7 missing
8 killed, 23 wounded
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkb:United_States_(Union)
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Thomas_W._Sherman
gptkb:Samuel_F._Du_Pont
gptkb:Thomas_F._Drayton
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gptkbp:date
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November 7, 1861
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Pulaski
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Capture of Port Royal
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Port_Royal_Sound,_South_Carolina,_United_States
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:South_Atlantic_Blockading_Squadron
gptkb:Union_Army_Expeditionary_Corps
Confederate garrison at Port Royal
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gptkbp:objective
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Capture of Confederate forts Walker and Beauregard
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Battle_of_Hatteras_Inlet_Batteries
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gptkbp:result
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Union victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Secured a vital Union base for the blockade of the Southern coast
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Queen_Anne's_War
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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