This collection includes digital images of one albumen photograph of Confederate Fort Hatteras and one of Confederate Fort Clark in North Carolina. Based on the progress that had been made on U.S. modifications of the captured forts, the photographs were probably taken between November 1861 and May 1862 by a New Bern photographer.
Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark were Civil War forts used by the Confederacy to protect their commerce-raiding activities. The forts were located in the Outer Banks, near Cape Hatteras. The forts had limited defenses, having a lack of both personnel and mounted artillery. Following the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries (August 28-29, 1861), the forts were secured by the Union Army, reducing the Confederacy's commerce raiding and providing access to the North Carolina Sounds.
Gift of Robert Bruce Long
The donor retains legal title, copyright, and literary property rights to the images. Permission to publish must be obtained from the donor.