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In April, Maj. Gen. David Hunter prepared his land forces on Folly, Cole's, and North Edisto Islands to cooperate with a naval bombardment of Fort Sumter. On April 7, the South Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral S.F. Du Pont bombarded Fort Sumter, having little impact on the Confederate defenses of Charleston Harbor. Although several of Hunter’s units had embarked on transports, the infantry were not landed, and the joint operation was abandoned. The ironclad warships ''Keokuk'', ''Weehawken'', ''Passaic'', ''Montauk'', ''Patapsco'', ''New Ironsides'', ''Catskill'', ''Nantucket'', and ''Nahant'' participated in the bombardment.  ''Keokuk'', struck more than 90 times by the accurate Confederate fire, sunk the next day. (''NPS summary'')

In April, Maj. Gen. David Hunter prepared his land forces on Folly, Cole's, and North Edisto Islands to cooperate with a naval bombardment of Fort Sumter. On April 7, the South Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral S.F. Du Pont bombarded Fort Sumter, having little impact on the Confederate defenses of Charleston Harbor. Although several of Hunter’s units had embarked on transports, the infantry were not landed, and the joint operation was abandoned. The ironclad warships ''Keokuk'', ''Weehawken'', ''Passaic'', ''Montauk'', ''Patapsco'', ''New Ironsides'', ''Catskill'', ''Nantucket'', and ''Nahant'' participated in the bombardment.  ''Keokuk'', struck more than 90 times by the accurate Confederate fire, sunk the next day. (''NPS summary'')

   

   

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