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February 08 – Sketch of the action at Roanoke Island, N. C.
by Darren Cole on February 8, 2011
![[Sketch of the action at Roanoke Island, N. C., February 8, 1862, showing Confederate defenses, positions of Federal and Confederate gunboats and Federal transports, the landing place, and the site of the battleground.], ca. 02/08/1862 (ARC ID 305612)](http://media.nara.gov/media/images/5/1/05-0039a.jpg "[Sketch of the action at Roanoke Island, N. C., February 8, 1862, showing Confederate defenses, positions of Federal and Confederate gunboats and Federal transports, the landing place, and the site of the battleground.], ca. 02/08/1862 (ARC ID 305612)")
Sketch of the action at Roanoke Island, N. C., February 8, 1862, showing Confederate defenses, positions of Federal and Confederate gunboats and Federal transports, the landing place, and the site of the battleground. ca. 02/08/1862 (ARC ID 305612)
Supported by Federal gunboats, Union forces under Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside captured Roanoke Island, North Carolina, from Confederate forces in an amphibious operation over February 7th and 8th, 1862.
More about Union Naval operations on the Eastern Seaboard during the Civil War in Prologue…
