Battle of Fort Macon |
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Bogue Banks, Carteret County, North Carolina
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Burnside’s North Carolina Expedition
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3259 2649 actually present for duty[1]
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450 263 actually ready for duty[2]
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Casualties |
15 Killed: 2 Wounded: 5 Captured: 8[3]
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424+ Killed: 8 Wounded: 16 Captured: 400 est.[4]
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In late March, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside’s army advanced on Fort Macon, a third system casemated masonry fort that commanded the channel to Beaufort, 35 miles southeast of New Berne. The Union force invested the fort with siege works and, on April 26, opened an accurate fire on the fort, which soon breached the masonry walls. Within a few hours the fort’s scarp began to collapse, and the Confederates hoisted a white flag. This action demonstrated the inadequacy of masonry forts against large-bore, rifled artillery. (NPS summary)
References
- ↑ Official Records (Army) Series I, v. 9, p. 381
- ↑ Trotter, William R. Ironclads and columbiads, Joseph F. Blair, 1989; p. 141.
- ↑ Official Records (Army) Series I, v. 9, pp. 272, 281, 295.
- ↑ Official Records (Army) Series I, v. 9, p. 294.
Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside's North Carolina Expedition, February-June 1862 |
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Battles of the American Civil War: 1862 |
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