. Young folk's history of the war for the union . ning through the long sandy tongueof land which sej)arates Pamlico Sound, on the coast of North 146 THE ATLANTIC COAST. [1861. Carolina, from the Atlantic Ocean, and is a little way belowCape Hatteras. Through it British blockade-runners were allthe time carrying in supplies for the Confederates, who hadbuilt two forts, named Hatteras and Clark, on the north side toguard the entrance. The fleet carrying the expedition, undercommand of Commodore Stringham, was composed of the Min-nesota, Pawnee, Monticello, Wabash, Susquehanna, Cumber-land, and
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . ning through the long sandy tongueof land which sej)arates Pamlico Sound, on the coast of North 146 THE ATLANTIC COAST. [1861. Carolina, from the Atlantic Ocean, and is a little way belowCape Hatteras. Through it British blockade-runners were allthe time carrying in supplies for the Confederates, who hadbuilt two forts, named Hatteras and Clark, on the north side toguard the entrance. The fleet carrying the expedition, undercommand of Commodore Stringham, was composed of the Min-nesota, Pawnee, Monticello, Wabash, Susquehanna, Cumber-land, and Harriet Lane. It sailed from Hampton Roads,August 26, and two days afterward fire was opened on the forts, which, though not yet finished, were garrisoned by about sevenhundred men, under command of Commodore S. Barron, aformer officer of the United States bombardment continued all Confederates left Fort Clark, andsome troops landed from the ships andtook possession of it. The enemy, wliohad gone into Fort Hatteras, could do I A. Operations at Hatteras Inlet. little harm to the ships because their guns were too small;and being cut off from a retreat by the Union men in FortClark, they raised a Avhite flag, on the morning of August29, in token of surrender. Among the captures were more thanseven hundred prisoners, twenty-five cannon, and a large quan-tity of small-arms and stores. For several days afterward theblockade-runners, not knowing of the loss of the forts, continuedto run into the inlet, and of course fell a prey to the Unionfleet. Thus one of the most important channels by which theConfederates received supplies was closed. It was therefore asevere blow to them, but it soon led to still more importantevents. The Government had intended to close up Hatteras Inlet by 1861.] HATTER AS. 147 sinking some old vessels in it, but after the capture of the fortsit was determined to hold them as a means of getting commandof Pamlico and Albemarle sounds, which for
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