Campaign : Blockade of the Carolina Coast.
Date : August 28-29, 1861.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler [US]; Col. William F. Martin [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 773 total (US 3; CS 770).
On August 26, an amphibious expedition led by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler left from Fort Monroe to capture Hatteras Inlet.
On the 28th, Union troops came ashore and attacked the rear of the Confederate batteries.
On August 29, Col. William F. Martin surrendered the Confederate garrison of 670.
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