November 7
1861: Union warships attack Fort Walker (Hilton Head Island) and Fort Beauregard (Phillips Island), initiating the Battle of Port Royal. The Union would take Port Royal and Beaufort. The same day, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee arrives, via the Charleston & Savannah Railroad, in Coosawhatchie. Lee, at the time still the Confederate commanding general for Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, established a headquarters there.
2011: Boxing champion and Beaufort native Joe Frazier dies of liver cancer at age 67 in Philadelphia.
November 9
2019: Beaufort weightlifter C.J. Cummings wins three silver medals in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Overall at the IWF Grand Prix in Lima, Peru.
November 10
2022: Tropical Storm Nicole brings extreme high tides and high winds, though not much damage, to to Beaufort for parts of two days.
2023: USC Beaufort earns its first basketball victories in its inaugural games at the USCB Recreation Center on the Bluffton campus. The men’s team, coached by Ron Fudala, defeats Morris College, 130-88, while the women’s team, coached by Sharon Versyp, tops Morris, 70-47.
— Compiled by Mike McCombs
