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Albatross recaptured Enchantress off Hatteras Inlet.

Engagement between USS Albatross and N.C. steamer Beaufort near Bodie Island.

Mary scuttled and burned near Lockwood

USS Roanoke anchored at Cape Fear and observed Fort Caswell.

Passage of USS Roanoke from Hampton Roads, Va. and engagement with Confederate batteries at Hatteras Inlet.

Governor John W. Ellis died of tuberculosis in Virginia, and speaker Henry T. Clark is elevated to the governorship. Both Ellis and Clark were members of the Democratic Party.

On May 20, 1861, North Carolina convention called to consider secession voted to secede from the Union.

On May 13, 1861, North Carolinian voters elected delegates to a convention to consider secession.

On April 22, 1861, Governor John W. Ellis ordered the seizure of the Fayetteville Arsenal.

On April 15, 1861, Governor John W. Ellis ordered the seizure of Fort Macon.