. History of the American Civil War . eighs col-onizing exj)edition. As stated by General Wise, to whom its defense wasMilitary value of intrustcd by thc Confederate government, it Roanoke Island. ^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^|J ^|^g j,g^j, dcfeUSCS of Nor- folk. It unlocked two sounds, eight rivers, four canals,two railroads. It guarded more than four fifths of thesupplies of Norfolk. The seizure of it endangered thesubsistence of the Confederate army there, threatened the Chap. LIX.] EXPEDITION TO KOANOKE ISLAND. 493 navy yard, internipted the communication between Nor-folk and Richmond, and intervened
. History of the American Civil War . eighs col-onizing exj)edition. As stated by General Wise, to whom its defense wasMilitary value of intrustcd by thc Confederate government, it Roanoke Island. ^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^|J ^|^g j,g^j, dcfeUSCS of Nor- folk. It unlocked two sounds, eight rivers, four canals,two railroads. It guarded more than four fifths of thesupplies of Norfolk. The seizure of it endangered thesubsistence of the Confederate army there, threatened the Chap. LIX.] EXPEDITION TO KOANOKE ISLAND. 493 navy yard, internipted the communication between Nor-folk and Richmond, and intervened between both andthe South. It lodges an enemy in a safe harbor fromthe storms of Hatteras, gives him a rendezvous, and alarge, rich range of supplies. It commands the sea-boardfrom Oregon Inlet to Cape Henry. After the capture of Hatteras Inlet in August, 1861,light-draught steamers, armed with a rifle gun, oftenstealthily came out of these waters to prey upon com-merce. In the interior, shipping, and even iron-clads, werebuildins;.. THE EXPEDITION TO ROANOKE ISLAND. The expedition of General Butler, as has been stated(p. 491), had reduced the defensive works at Hatteras In-let and opened Pamlico Sound. The Confederates hadretired to Roanoke Island, which, intervening betweenPamlico and Albemarle Sounds, commands the passage tothe latter. The channel on the east of the island is shal-tjje low; that on the west, known as GioatanSound, w^as defended by three earth-works Defenses of Iposition. 4«J4 EXPEDITION TO ROANOKE ISLAND. [Sect. XII. on the islaml, one at Pork Point, one at Weirs Point, anda smaller Avork, Fort Blancliard, between. The larger-works were armed Avitli twenty-two guns, some of themlOO-ixnind rifles. On the main land, at Redstone Point,there was another battery Across the channel, near PorkPoint, obstructions of piles and sunken vessels had beenplaced. On the island itself there were other works, onegiving protection toward Nags Head, on the bar, and an-other
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