BURNSIDE’S EXPEDITION CROSSING HATTERAS BAR MEMORIAL
ON JANUARY 11, 1862, THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION LEFT FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA DESTINED FOR THE HATTERAS INLET 120 MILES TO THE SOUTH. TWO DAYS LATER, THE FLEET OF OVER EIGHTY VESSELS WAS STRUCK BY A STRONG NORTHEASTER WHILE CROSSING HATTERAS BAR. AMONG THE SHIPS LOST WERE THE POCHONTAS, GRAPESHOT AND CITY OF NEW YORK.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Cemetery Stones
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
MIKE WINTERMANTEL
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