. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . diiven across the naAigable part of the channel,and by sunken vessels; but, notwithstanding this protection, the accuratefire of the Union fleet soon compelled it to retire out of range, Mith the loss ■^ Captain W. H. Parker, C. S. N., who ooni- simbonts. rarryins one jnin eaob. Two of the small maiidcd the Beaufort in these waters, says in his under 1-1:.?-Oflioor StrinRliam should Have .-r. 11 f t XT 1 -KT -v-■ /--I 1 sweiit tbe sounds, and n force sliouUl liavc occ
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . diiven across the naAigable part of the channel,and by sunken vessels; but, notwithstanding this protection, the accuratefire of the Union fleet soon compelled it to retire out of range, Mith the loss ■^ Captain W. H. Parker, C. S. N., who ooni- simbonts. rarryins one jnin eaob. Two of the small maiidcd the Beaufort in these waters, says in his under 1-1:.?-Oflioor StrinRliam should Have .-r. 11 f t XT 1 -KT -v-■ /--I 1 sweiit tbe sounds, and n force sliouUl liavc occupiea ReeoUections ot a Naval Oftieer (N. \ . : Charles j.„,,u„te island SfHbners Sons): , . , ... , „,„, , . ■ , , . .^. ,. J For lietai s of the ongin and composition of The enemy made a eroat m not talnnc iHis- ,: ,. , . , , ,> i r> session of the sounds immediately after Hat- this expedition, see the article by Ueueral Bnm- teras. There was nothing to iinvcut it hut two small side, p. 000.—EDITORS. EARLY COAST OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 641. MAP OF THE OPERATIONS AT ROANOKE ISLAND—FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS. Captain W. H. Parker, in liis Recollections of aNaval Officer (Charles Seribners Sons), thus de-scribes the later Confederate defenses of CroatanSound: Three forts had been constructed on the [EoanokeJisland to protect tlie channel. The upper one was onWeirs Point, and was named Fort Huger. It mounted12 gnus, iirlncipally 32-pounders of 33 ewt., and was com-manded by Major John Taylor, formerly of the one and three-quarter miles below, on Pork Point,was Fort Bartow; it mounted 7 [9 ?] gims, 5 of whichwere 32-iiounders of 33 cwt., and 2 were rifled 32-ponnd-ers. This fort, which was the only one subsequently en-gagedin the defense, was in charge of Lieut. B. P. Loyall,of the navy. Between these two points was a small bat-tery. On the mainland opposite the island, at RedstonePoint, was a battery called Fort Forrest
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