Battle of Roanoke Island
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The opening phase of what came to be called the Burnside Expedition, the Battle of Roanoke Island was an amphibious operation of the American Civil War, fought on February 7–8, 1862, in the North Caro
Sketch showing route of Burnside's forces to Hatteras Inlet. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1866
Attack on the Confederate Batteries at Roanoke Island by the Federal gun-boats; on board the Spalding were General Burnside and the war correspondent Frank Vizetelly
Union troops assault the Confederate three-gun battery
Fort Bartow, Roanoke Island, after its capture by the Federalists
CSS Curlew
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CSS Curlew was an iron-hull North Carolina Sounds paddlewheel steamboat that was taken into the Confederate Navy in 1861. It was run aground at Fort Forrest and burned in the battle for Roanoke Island
Burning of the Confederate gunboat Curlew, off Fort Forrest, Feb. 7, 1862
CSS Curlew captures Fanny.