The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries was the first combined operation of the Union Army and Navy in the American Civil War, resulting in Union domination of the strategically important North Carolin
Fort Hatteras (left) and Fort Clark, from wartime sketches
The Union fleet bombards Fort Hatteras
Fort Hatteras surrenders
Battle of Port Royal
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The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sou
Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries
…the Albemarle Sound. Stringham's tactic of keeping his ships in motion while bombarding forts was used later by Flag Officer Samuel Francis Du Pont at Port Royal, South Carolina. The effectiveness of the practice led to a reconsideration of the value of fixed forts against naval gunnery. News of the federal…
View of the battle from the Confederate heights, drawn by Rossiter Johnson.
Bombardment of Port Royal
Union troops raise the Stars and Stripes over Fort Walker