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Millions of visitors have strolled through Fort Macon, located on Bogue Banks across from Beaufort and Morehead City. But few visitors know the details of the fort's fall to Union General Ambrose Burnside on Friday, April 25, 1862. This article contains an account of the battle given by an unnamed correspondent for the NEW YORK TIMES, an eye-witness to the attack, reprinted in its entirety as it appeared in the paper.
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34622
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Fort Macon was constructed in 1826 as part of a costal chain of defense fortifications. Used intermittently following its construction, the ill-staffed fort was taken by a local secessionist militia in 1861 and became a base for Confederate volunteers. In the summer of 1861, the fort was staffed by eight infantry and heavy artillery companies. Following Union triumph at New Bern, Fort Macon was cut off from Confederate resources. Troops at the fort withdrew into the fortification and destroyed surrounding outbuildings in preparation of attack. On April 25, 1862, the Union began bombardment of the fort, eventually breaching the wall and damaging the magazine. Confederate forces surrendered the fort to the Union the following morning. Fort Macon would continue to be used as a fort and prison following the war. In 1923, the fort became a state park.
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37944
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By 1862, North Carolina was divided by more than region. In the Piedmont and mountains, secessionists had control of the government. In the Coastal Plain, there was vast Union troop occupation, from major battle losses in Washington, New Bern, Morehead City, Wilmington, Beaufort. All over the state, chaos was also the victor because of conditions such as diphtheria outbreaks; guerrilla forces called “buffaloes”; Confederate forces that were intermittently organized; military generals seizing governmental control in the void of political leadership.
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New Bern, Battle of, N.C., 1862; Secessionists; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893; Burnside, Ambrose; Fort Macon (N.C.)--Siege, 1862; Pickett, George; Hoke, Robert Frederick, 1837-1912; Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872; Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870; Foster, John G., 1823-1874; Roanoke Island--History; Winton--History; Breckinridge, John C., 1821-1875; Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902; Elizabeth City--Civil War; Washington--Civil War; Colored Troops--Civil War; Wild, Edward A., 1825-1891