Record #:

20442

Author(s):

Merrill, James M.

Abstract:

Fort Hatteras was captured by a joint expedition between Union Major General Butler and Commodore Stringham on August 31, 1861. Considered a great victory for the North and an unsettling development for the South and especially North Carolinians, the author looks at the consequences for the Confederate cause with the loss of Hatteras. The author also details the course of events leading up to the fall of Fort Hatteras.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 29 Issue 2, April 1952, p204-219, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865