The Battle of Hilton Head, also called the Battle of Port Royal Bay, was a naval engagement in September of 1914 (September 11-12) between the United States Navy and the Confederate and Mexican Navies off of the coast of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The two-day battle was fought in order to secure control of Port Royal Bay and establish American control over the Port of Savannah, which had been the key site of blockade runners and was a port where supplies from Venezuela and Brazil could still reach the Confederacy.
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