Record #:

13960

Author(s):

Dean, Earl

Abstract:

Though Cape Hatteras is well known for its many shipwrecks and other disasters, few are familiar with the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries in 1861, one of the most important early naval engagements of the Civil War.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 18 Issue 22, Oct 1950, p5, 20, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations; Hatteras Inlet--History; Hatteras Inlet Batteries, Battle of, N.C., 1861