. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . command on Hatteras Island hadbeen to cultivate friendly relations Avith the inhaliitants. As they weremostly of a seafaring race, I conchtded they could iiot have much sympathy with the revolt against a governmentwhich had been their coustaut ten days after the landing,nearly all of the male adidts hadtaken the oath of allegiance, andseveral professed their Avillingness tocarry proclamations to the maiidand,and to bring back such news of mili-tary movements as they
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . command on Hatteras Island hadbeen to cultivate friendly relations Avith the inhaliitants. As they weremostly of a seafaring race, I conchtded they could iiot have much sympathy with the revolt against a governmentwhich had been their coustaut ten days after the landing,nearly all of the male adidts hadtaken the oath of allegiance, andseveral professed their Avillingness tocarry proclamations to the maiidand,and to bring back such news of mili-tary movements as they coiUd of these volunteer spies succeededin optMiing commuiucation with a rel-ative, who lived at Roanoke Island,and from him I learned that, as I hadsuspected, a force was to start fromtliat point to make the attack upon Hatteras Island. In the meantime we haddone wliat we could to plac(^ the forts at tlie inlet in a better condition fornforcements,— theseven remaining companies of the 9th New Yt)rk, the JOth Indiana VoluuteeiS,. Tin; UMTKIl STATES PtOOr ) ) MTION AT THE nOMHAl!l>MENT OV KORTS IIATIKUAS \M) CLADK. IlMM A WAU-TIME SKKTCH. EARLY COAST OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 637
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