Created by Tom Horn on 27 Nov 2009, Last Update on 27 Nov 2009

Hatteras Inlet Batteries - 28 Aug 1861

Two ill-equipped, undermanned forts where bombarded by seven Union warships, to which they were unable to reply. Although casualties were light, the defenders chose not to continue the one-sided contest, and on the second day they surrendered.

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Tags : North Carolina,Naval,Land,Combat

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