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|commanders1=[[John G. Parke]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA | |commanders1=[[John G. Parke]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA | ||
|commanders2=[[Moses J. White]]<br/>Lieutenant Colonel, CSA | |commanders2=[[Moses J. White]]<br/>Lieutenant Colonel, CSA | ||
| − | |strength1=3259<br/>2649 actually present for duty<ref>''Official Records'' (Army) Series I, v. 9, p. 381 | + | |strength1=3259<br/>2649 actually present for duty<ref>''Official Records'' (Army) Series I, v. 9, p. 381</ref> |
|strength2=450<br/>263 actually ready for duty<ref>Trotter, William R. ''Ironclads and columbiads,'' Joseph F. Blair, 1989; p. 141.</ref> | |strength2=450<br/>263 actually ready for duty<ref>Trotter, William R. ''Ironclads and columbiads,'' Joseph F. Blair, 1989; p. 141.</ref> | ||
|casualties1='''15'''<br/>Killed: 2<br/>Wounded: 5<br/>Captured: 8<ref>''Official Records'' (Army) Series I, v. 9, pp. 272, 281, 295.</ref> | |casualties1='''15'''<br/>Killed: 2<br/>Wounded: 5<br/>Captured: 8<ref>''Official Records'' (Army) Series I, v. 9, pp. 272, 281, 295.</ref> | ||
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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)
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