AUGUST 29TH, 1861: Hatteras Inlet, N.C., secured as Forts Hatteras and Clark surrendered unconditionally to Flag Officer Stringham and General Butler. The Union triumph sealed off commerce raiding and blockade running from Pamlico Sound.
Hatteras Inlet became a coal and supply depot for blockading ships.
Of this most successful joint operation Admiral David D. Porter later wrote: "This was our first naval victory of any kind, and should not be forgotten. The Union cause was then in a depressed condition, owing to the recent reverses it had experienced (Battle of Bull Run). The morale effect of this affair was very great, as it gave us a foothold on Southern soil and possession of the Sounds of North Carolina if we chose to occupy them. It was a death-blow to blockade running in that vicinity, and ultimately proved one of the most important events of the war."
--Old B-Runner
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