Hatteras Inlet Batteries
- Other Name:
- Fort Clark, Fort Hatteras
- Campaign:
- Union Blockade of Carolina Coast
- Date(s):
- August 1861
- Principal Commanders:
- Major General Benjamin Butler [US] Colonel William Martin [CS]
- Forces Engaged:
- 2000 total (US 2000; CS 0;)
- Estimated Casualties:
- 673 total (US 3; CS 670;)
- Description:
- On August 26, an amphibious expedition led by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler and Flag-Officer Silas Stringham, embarked from Fort Monroe to capture Hatteras Inlet, an important haven for blockade-runners. On the 28th, while the navy bombarded Forts Clark and Hatteras, Union troops came ashore and attacked the rear of the Confederate batteries. On August 29, Col. William F. Martin surrendered the Confederate garrison of 670. The Federals lost only one man. Butler returned to Fort Monroe, leaving the captured forts garrisoned. This movement was part of Union efforts to seize coastal enclaves from which to enforce the blockade.
- Results:
- Union Victory
- CWSAC Reference #:
- NC001
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