1. The fort was built by some 1000 slaves and free blacks in 1861. It took ten months to build and was captured 10 months later. I'm not sure if this means it was captured about the same time as they completed the fort or not.
2. I wasn't able to find much information about the fort on the internet or in books.
3. Perhaps the fort was named after Thomas B. Huger, CSN who had served in the US Navy for 20 years before the war. He commanded a battery at Morris Island in Charleston Harbor, SC, in 1861 and was on the CSS McRae in New Orleans' defense. He was motrally wounded on April 24,1862.
4. There was also a Confederate general by the same name.
Who Was the Fort Named After. --B-R'er
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