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Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, Hatteras Inlet, August 28, 1861

August 28-29 - Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, Hatteras Inlet

Federal occupation of the Outer Banks, August 30, 1861

Federal occupation of the Outer Banks begins. Colonel Rush Hawkins and the 9th New York Zouaves are the occupying force.

Residents on the Outer Banks began taking an Oath of Allegiance to the Union, August 31, 1861

Residents on the Outer Banks begin taking an Oath of Allegiance and swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Governor Henry Toole Clark demanded that the Confederate government send Confederate soldiers to Hyde County to suppress Unionism, September 14, 1861

Governor Henry Toole Clark demanded that the Confederate government send a regiment of Confederate soldiers to Hyde County to suppress the "evil influences" of Unionism extending to the mainland from the Outer Banks. Major E. D. Hall and the 7th…

Destruction of Confederate fortifications on Beacon Island, Ocracoke Inlet, September 17, 1861

Destruction of Confederate fortifications on Beacon Island, Ocracoke Inlet.

Capture of U.S. transport Fanny, January 10, 1861

Capture of U.S. transport Fanny.

Affair at Chicamacomico, Loggerhead Inlet, October 4, 1861

Affair at Chicamacomico, Loggerhead Inlet.

Engagement between USS Monticello and Confederates at Kinnakeet, October 5, 1861

Engagement between USS Monticello and Confederates at Kinnakeet.

Engagement between USS Monticello and masked Confederate battery near New Inlet (Outer Banks), November 18, 1861

Engagement between USS Monticello and masked Confederate battery near New Inlet (Outer Banks).

Expedition to destroy former light-ship of Wilmington, December 30, 1861

Expedition to destroy former light-ship of Wilmington.