Siege of Fort Macon

Confederate Commander

Colonel Moses J. White

Forces Engaged:

Killed: 7

Wounded: 18

Captured or Missing: 400

Total: 400

March 23 through April 26, 1862

Carteret County, North Carolina

Union Victory

Burnside's North Carolina Expedition

(January-July 1862)

Union Commander

Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

Forces Engaged:

Killed: 1

Wounded: 3

Captured or Missing: 0

Total: 4

Confederate Officers

Confederate Order of Battle

Col. Moses White Official Record

Mariner's Museum and Park

Burnside's North Carolina Expedition: From New Bern to Beaufort

Carolana

Siege of Fort Macon – March 23 to April 26, 1862

Harper's Weekly

New York Times

Union Officers

Brig. Gen. John G. Parke

Col. Isaac Rodman

Capt. Samuel Lockwood USN

Union Order of Battle

Union Official Records

Union Naval Official Records

Naval Vessels

Flagship Minnesota

U. S. S. Ellis

U. S. S. Daylight

U. S. S. State of Georgia

U. S. S. Chippewa

U. S. S. Gemsbok

U. S. S. Albatross

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Life Books, 1984. p 37-39

Johnson, Clint. Touring the Carolinas' Civil War Sites. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 1996. p 38-49

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.