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Tag Archives: Outer Banks
Loss of the USS Monitor
It was on this date, December 31, 1862, at 1:30 a.m.—in the earliest hours of New Year’s Eve—that the USS Monitor went down in rough seas off Cape Hatteras. Sixteen men aboard lost their lives. Forty-seven men, including Captain John … Continue reading
USCT Captain Richard Etheridge Memorialized
Emerging Civil War welcome guest author George W. Hettenhouse The Northern Outer Banks, a narrow strip of sand that extends from the Virginia/North Carolina border to Hatteras Inlet, NC, roughly 120 miles to the south, is full of history. The first English … Continue reading
Posted in Slavery, USCT
Tagged 36th USCT, black history, black history month, black-history-2018, Bodie Island, Buffalo Soldiers, Cape Hatteras, George W. Hettenhouse, Gold Lifesaving Medal, lighthouse keeper, New Market Heights, Outer Banks, Outer Banks North Carolina, Pea Island Station, Richard Etheridge, U.S. Lifesaving Service
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Hotel De’Afrique: The first safe haven for African Americans in North Carolina
The capture of the Confederate forts located at Hatteras Inlet on August 29, 1861, provided the first Union victory of the Civil War. Almost immediately fugitive slaves began arriving on Hatteras Island in search of freedom. In a letter to … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments, Slavery
Tagged Fort Clark, Fort Hatteras, Freedmen's Colony, Hotel De'Afrique, OBX, Outer Banks
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The Chicamacomico Races
In the late summer of 1861, an incident occurred on Hatteras Island known as the Chicamacomico Races. It happened this way: By the end of August 1861, Union forces were in control of Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks of … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Civilian
Tagged Chicamacomico Races, Hatteras Island, North Carolina, OBX, Outer Banks
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Duty on Hatteras Island: No Vacation
The Outer Banks of North Carolina have become a popular resort area attracting thousands of vacationers each summer. It is the remote island atmosphere of ocean, sand, wind and surf that draws them to these barrier islands. The very things … Continue reading
The Civil War on the OBX: 1861’s Forgotten Story Gets New Attention
While most of the sesquicentennial spotlight this year has focused on Ft. Sumter and First Manassas, the North Carolina coast has also been commemorating events. After all, the fall of the Outer Banks—beginning with the Confederate surrender at Hatteras Inlet … Continue reading
