Point Royal Experiment

[18thVirginia]

Captain Rufus Saxton of the Quartermaster's Corps, in his report to General Sherman, saw Port Royal as a tremendous gain: "We are now in possession of the finest harbor in the South, where the largest ships can enter and ride at anchor in safety. In the heart of the richest part of the cotton district with direct and easy communication by inland water with Charleston and Savannah, it possesses unrivaled advantages for a Quartermasters and Naval depot, and in the future a great commercial city must grow up here."http://sciway3.net/clark/civilwar/coast.html

Coosaw Ferry, Point Royal, South Carolina