as she proceeded south, "augusta" — which had been steaming on the starboard flank of the transports — managed to weather the hurricane; and the wind had abated by the time she passed charleston, south carolina on 3 november. the next day, she reached an anchorage just off the bar outside port royal harbor. two days were then spent in charting the nearby waters — from which all aids to navigation had been removed; in making reconnaissance probes to feel out the confederate defensive forces and to locate their guns; and in seeing that the commander of each unit clearly understood his role in the forthcoming attack.