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On December 12, 1860, citizens of Craven County met in response to the secession crisis. The meeting called for the North to adopt compromises that would protect the institution of slavery and also called for North Carolina to organize a convention…

Expedition to destroy former light-ship of Wilmington.

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

Engagement between USS Monticello and Confederates at Kinnakeet.

Affair at Chicamacomico, Loggerhead Inlet.

Capture of U.S. transport Fanny.

Destruction of Confederate fortifications on Beacon Island, Ocracoke Inlet.

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…

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

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