Fort Macon surrenders, opening Beaufort and Morehead City
April 26, 1862, Fort Macon, Bogue Banks, North Carolina.
- Date
- April 26, 1862
- Where
- Fort Macon, Bogue Banks, North Carolina
- What happened
- Captured
- Event
- 33 of 174
The fort surrendered after a day of Union bombardment. Its fall opened the harbors of Beaufort and Morehead City to Union shipping, and Parke's men had repaired the burned railroad bridge at Newport to bring up siege guns.
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