27 APRIL 1864 CSS NEUSE Union forces gained control of North Carolina’s shoreline south of the Virginia border during the first year of the Civil War. By late 1862, Union troops were garrisoned at New Bern on the Neuse River, Washington Read More
7-8 FEBRUARY 1862 CAPTURE OF ROANOKE ISLAND Fortress Monroe, situated at the entrance to Hampton Roads, was one of three forts south of the Mason-Dixon Line that remained in Union hands throughout the Civil War. Confederate lines of communication were thus Read More