Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
The Confederates had erected two sand and wood fortifications, Fort Clark and Fort Hatteras, to protect Hatteras Inlet, an important waterway gor blockade runners.
The Federals occupy Fort Clark with no opposition, the Confederate garrison having abandoned it.
The Navy duels with the batteries in Fort Hatteras on this day, with little impact.
Maryland
There is skirmishing at Antietam Iron Works in Maryland, north of the Potomac.
Virginia
There is skirmishing at Ball's Cross Roads, Virginia.
BibliographyThe Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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