AT 3:PM FEBRUARY 7, 1862 UNION FORCES UNDER GEN. AMBROSE BURNSIDE LANDED AT ASHBY HARBOR. BY MIDNIGHT 7,500 FEDERALS WERE ASHORE. A CONFEDERATE FORCE OF 400 MEN AND 3 FIELD PIECES WAS SENT TO RESIST THE FEDERAL LANDING. THE CONFEDERATES WERE DRIVEN AWAY B ...
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THE CONFEDERATE FLEET, AFTER A SHARP ENGAGEMENT WHICH WAS ENDED ONLY BY DARKNESS, WAS FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO LACK OF AMMUNITION. ON FEBRUARY 8, 1862, A DETACHMENT OF FEDERAL SHIPS UNDER COMMANDER S.C. ROWAN WAS SENT INTO ALBERMARLE SOUND IN PURSUIT OF TH ...
LocationFREEDMAN'S COLONY ROAD