The good folks at HMdb did a nice bit with photos of markers and inscriptions on the Naval Battle of Roanoke Island.
In late January, 1862, a Federal land-sea expedition under command of General Ambrose Burnside and Flag Officer Louis Goldsborough, determined to take Roanoke Island. The Union fleet with numerous transports and 20 war vessels commenced a bombardment Feb. 7th, of Fort Bartow.
The vastly inferior Confederate fleet under Captain W.K. Lynch waited behind a line of obstructions and then retired because of lack of ammunition. There are five other markers within 4 miles: Fort Huger, Fort Blanchard, Freedman's Colony, Fort Bartow, and Confederate Channel Obstructions.
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The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
