AUGUST 28TH, 1861: Flag Officer Stringham's squadron commenced bombardment of Forts Hatteras and Clark; Marines and troops were landed from surf boats above the forts under cover of naval gunfire. the ships' heavy cannonade forced the Confederates to evacuate Fort Clark.
Commodore Samuel Barron, CSN, with two small vessels joined the defenders of Fort Hatteras that evening.
--Old B-R'er
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