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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1861-1865) - A [[U.S. Civil War]] Confederate Fort established in 1861 near Hatteras Inlet, Dare County, North Carolina. Captured and occupied by Union forces on 29 Aug 1861. Abandoned in 1865 at the end of the war. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1861-1865) - A [[U.S. Civil War]] Confederate Fort established in 1861 near Hatteras Inlet, Dare County, North Carolina. Captured and occupied by Union forces on 29 Aug 1861. Abandoned in 1865 at the end of the war. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Constructed by Confederate forces in the early summer of 1861 along with [[Fort Hatteras]] about 3/4 of a mile | Constructed by Confederate forces in the early summer of 1861 along with [[Fort Hatteras]]. Built as a seven-gun square redoubt about 3/4 of a mile from [[Fort Hatteras]]. | ||
Fort Clark and [[Fort Hatteras]]were attacked, captured and occupied by Union forces from a joint Army-Navy task force from [[Fort Monroe]] under General [[Benjamin F. Butler]] and Flag-Officer [[Silas Stringham]]. [[Fort Hatteras]] and [[Fort Clark]] surrendered about noon on 29 Aug 1861. | Fort Clark and [[Fort Hatteras]]were attacked, captured and occupied by Union forces from a joint Army-Navy task force from [[Fort Monroe]] under General [[Benjamin F. Butler]] and Flag-Officer [[Silas Stringham]]. [[Fort Hatteras]] and [[Fort Clark]] surrendered about noon on 29 Aug 1861. | ||
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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
The identified site of Fort Clark is located two miles past the Ocracoke ferry docks on a National Park Service gated access road. | |||
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/nc3.html# | * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/nc3.html#clark North American Forts - Fort Clark] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hatteras_Inlet_Batteries Wikipedia - Fort Clark] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hatteras_Inlet_Batteries Wikipedia - Fort Clark] | ||
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HistoryConstructed by Confederate forces in the early summer of 1861 along with Fort Hatteras. Built as a seven-gun square redoubt about 3/4 of a mile from Fort Hatteras. Fort Clark and Fort Hatteraswere attacked, captured and occupied by Union forces from a joint Army-Navy task force from Fort Monroe under General Benjamin F. Butler and Flag-Officer Silas Stringham. Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark surrendered about noon on 29 Aug 1861. The Union fleet departed that same afternoon, leaving behind part of the land forces to garrison the forts and three ships to hold the guard the Inlet. Some 670 Confederate prisoners were taken away by the departing fleet. Current StatusThe identified site of Fort Clark is located two miles past the Ocracoke ferry docks on a National Park Service gated access road.
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