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Battle of Roanoke Island (view source)
Revision as of 23:19, December 2, 2010
, 23:19, December 2, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Roanoke Island<br/>Fort Huger |image= |begin=February 7, 1862 |end=February 8, 1862 |place=Dare County, North Carolina |theater=Eastern Theater |campa..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Roanoke Island<br/>Fort Huger
|image=
|begin=February 7, 1862
|end=February 8, 1862
|place=Dare County, North Carolina
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Burnside’s North Carolina Expedition
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Coastal Division<br/>North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
|combatants2=6 CSA infantry units<br/>CSN "Mosquito Fleet"
|commanders1=[[Ambrose Burnside]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|commanders2=[[Henry Wise]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=7,500
|strength2=3,000
|casualties1='''264'''<br/>Killed: 37<br/>Wounded: 214<br/>Missing: 13
|casualties2='''143'''<br/>Killed: 23<br/>Wounded: 58<br/>Missing: 62<br/>Captured: 2,500
}}
On February 7, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside landed 7,500 men on the southwestern side of Roanoke Island in an amphibious operation launched from Fort Monroe. The next morning, supported by gunboats, the Federals assaulted the Confederate forts on the narrow waist of the island, driving back and out-maneuvering Brig. Gen. Henry Wise’s outnumbered command. After losing less than 100 men, the Confederate commander on the field, Col. H.M. Shaw, surrendered about 2,500 soldiers and 32 guns. Burnside had secured an important outpost on the Atlantic Coast, tightening the blockade. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Burnside NC expedition}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1862}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Roanoke Island<br/>Fort Huger
|image=
|begin=February 7, 1862
|end=February 8, 1862
|place=Dare County, North Carolina
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Burnside’s North Carolina Expedition
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Coastal Division<br/>North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
|combatants2=6 CSA infantry units<br/>CSN "Mosquito Fleet"
|commanders1=[[Ambrose Burnside]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|commanders2=[[Henry Wise]]<br/>Brigadier General, CSA
|strength1=7,500
|strength2=3,000
|casualties1='''264'''<br/>Killed: 37<br/>Wounded: 214<br/>Missing: 13
|casualties2='''143'''<br/>Killed: 23<br/>Wounded: 58<br/>Missing: 62<br/>Captured: 2,500
}}
On February 7, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside landed 7,500 men on the southwestern side of Roanoke Island in an amphibious operation launched from Fort Monroe. The next morning, supported by gunboats, the Federals assaulted the Confederate forts on the narrow waist of the island, driving back and out-maneuvering Brig. Gen. Henry Wise’s outnumbered command. After losing less than 100 men, the Confederate commander on the field, Col. H.M. Shaw, surrendered about 2,500 soldiers and 32 guns. Burnside had secured an important outpost on the Atlantic Coast, tightening the blockade. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Burnside NC expedition}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1862}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]