BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND WAR MEMORIAL
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 BY GUNFIRE FROM THE FEDERAL FLEET IN CROATAN SOUND. ADDITIONAL CONFEDERATE FORCES ARRIVED IN TIME TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE RETREAT. SHORTY THEREAFTER THE CONFEDERATE COMMANDER SURRENDERED HIS ENTIRE FORCE 2,488 MEN TO GEN. BURNSIDE. ROANOKE ISLAND WAS LOST AND WITH IT CONFEDERATE CONTROL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SOUND REGION.
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CIVIL WAR
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