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BATTLE OF HATTERAS INLET

During the American Civil War, Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina was the location of two Confederate forts commanded by Samuel Barron, and deemed a valuable passage for landing the ammunition and supplies of the Confederacy, and for sending cotton out of the country. General Butler and Commodore Stringham fitted out an expedition against these forts, Clark and Hatteras, and sailed from Hampton Roads on August the 26th, 1861, with ten vessels carrying 158 guns and 900 men. Fort Clark, the weaker position, was speedily reduced on August the 27th, by the guns of the Federal ships Minnesota, Wabash and Susquehanna, and Fort Hatteras was captured after protracted bombardment the next day. Samuel Barron and 700 Confederates were made prisoners.
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