1862 Civil War newspaper with MAP Union CAPTURE of ROANOKE ISLAND North Carolina

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1862 Civil War newspaper with a large detailed MAP and text with the Union CAPTURE of ROANAOKE ISLAND North Carolina
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inv # 2W-202
SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL Civil War NEWSPAPER, the
New York Herald
dated Feb 13, 1862.
This newspaper contains a prominent 14" x 10" front page map headlined: "BRILLIANT OPERATIONS AT ROANOKE ISLAND /  Scene of General Burnside and Commodore Goldsborough's Victories - Roanoke Island and Elizabeth City."
Great display newspaper with a large detailed map showing the coast of NORTH CAROLINA from Cape Henry to Cape Fear.
The opening phase of what came to be called the
Burnside Expedition
, the Battle of Roanoke Island was an amphibious operation of the
American Civil War
, fought on February 7–8, 1862, in the North Carolina Sounds a short distance south of the
Virginia
border. The attacking force consisted of a flotilla of
gunboats
of the
Union Navy
drawn from the
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
, commanded by
Flag Officer
Louis M. Goldsborough
, a separate group of gunboats under
Union Army
control, and an army division led by Brig. Gen.
Ambrose Burnside
. The defenders were a group of gunboats from the
Confederate States Navy
, termed the
Mosquito Fleet
, under Capt.
William F. Lynch
, and about 2,000 Confederate soldiers commanded locally by Brig. Gen.
Henry A. Wise
. The defense was augmented by four
forts
facing on the water approaches to
Roanoke Island
, and two outlying batteries. At the time of the battle, Wise was hospitalized, so leadership fell to his second in command, Col.
Henry M. Shaw
.
During the first day of the battle, the Federal gunboats and the forts on shore engaged in a gun battle, with occasional contributions from the Mosquito Fleet. Late in the day, Burnside's soldiers went ashore unopposed; they were accompanied by six
howitzers
manned by sailors. As it was too late to fight, the invaders went into camp for the night.
On the second day, February 8, the Union soldiers advanced but were stopped by an artillery battery and accompanying infantry in the center of the island. Although the Confederates thought that their line was safely anchored in impenetrable swamps, they were flanked on both sides and their soldiers were driven back to refuge in the forts. The forts were taken in reverse. With no way for his men to escape, Col. Shaw surrendered to avoid pointless bloodshed.
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