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General Ambrose E. Burnside's 1862 North Carolina campaign : a thesis in history

After the capture of Hatteras Inlet in late August 1861, local Federal commanders reported to the Lincoln administration their belief that a large number of Unionists inhabited North Carolina. At the same time, General George B. McClellan had authorized his friend, General Ambrose E. Burnside, to raise a "Coast Division" of fifteen thousand men for service with the Army of the Potomac in the land advance against Confederate troops in Virginia. However, the division was sent to operate in North Carolina as a diversion to force the enemy to withdraw troops from McClellan's front to guard the vital railroads leading from the south into Virginia. Burnside assembled a motley armada of gunboats and transports for his troops, which left Annapolis in January 1862.

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  • "After the capture of Hatteras Inlet in late August 1861, local Federal commanders reported to the Lincoln administration their belief that a large number of Unionists inhabited North Carolina. At the same time, General George B. McClellan had authorized his friend, General Ambrose E. Burnside, to raise a "Coast Division" of fifteen thousand men for service with the Army of the Potomac in the land advance against Confederate troops in Virginia. However, the division was sent to operate in North Carolina as a diversion to force the enemy to withdraw troops from McClellan's front to guard the vital railroads leading from the south into Virginia. Burnside assembled a motley armada of gunboats and transports for his troops, which left Annapolis in January 1862."@en
  • "Most of the troops were withdrawn to Virginia after the Seven Days' Battles outside Richmond. In addition to surveying the military actions of this campaign, the work also examines the civil administration of Edward Stanly, Lincoln's governor, who was plagued by the government's nebulous stand on the contraband slave issue and by his own desire to enforce existing state laws to win the people's loyalty. The state's defenses are also examined, together with the problems of the lack of troops to drive out the invaders of the Old North State. The effect on the Davis administration of the disaster at Roanoke Island is scrutinized as well."@en
  • "After a long weather-related delay at Hatteras Inlet, the division attacked and captured Roanoke Island on February 6-7. In the weeks afterward, the Yankee gunboats swept the coastal waters of Rebel ships and helped consolidate the foothold in North Carolina. Burnside then moved on Newbern, capturing this city after a hardfought battle on March 14. One of his brigades then moved south to besiege and finally capture Fort Macon, Beaufort harbor, on April 26. Thereafter, Burnside consolidated his holdings along the coast and established small garrisons in several of the coastal towns. The troops actively skirmished with the enemy, but the Union troops were unable to push inland because McClellan's army received priority in men and materiel."@en

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  • "General Ambrose E. Burnside's 1862 North Carolina campaign : a thesis in history"@en
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  • "General Ambrose E. Burnside's 1862 North Carolina campaign"
  • "General Ambrose E. Burnside's 1862 North Carolina campaign a thesis in history"@en

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