Roanoke Island, NC
​Confederate Commander
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Confederate Officers
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Col. H. M. Shaw
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​Confederate Order of Battle
Confederate Naval Order of Battle
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February 7-8, 1862
Dare County, North Carolina
Union Victory
National Park Service
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Mariner's Museum and Park
Burnside's Roanoke Island Expedition: The Battle for North Carolina Sounds
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Library of Congress
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Harper's Weekly
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New York Times
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​Union Commander
Forces Engaged:
Killed:
Wounded:
Captured or Missing:
Total:
Union Officers
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Flag-Officer L. M. Goldsborough
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Chaitan, Peter M., ed. Coastal War Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande The Civil War Volume 8 of 27. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life
Books, 1984. p 16-23
Hill, D. H. Bethel to Sharpsburg North Carolina in the War Between the States Volume I. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Co.,
1926. rpt. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1992. p 152-161
Hill, D. H., Jr. North Carolina Confederate Military History Volume IV of XII. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt.
National Historical Society, 2008. p 32-37
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
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