Jan. 11-13, 1862 - Burnside Expedition Crossing Hatteras Bar

Jan. 11-13, 1862


Burnside Expedition Crossing Hatteras Bar 


Hatteras, North Carolina


* I really came all the way down here for the bombardment of Fort Hatteras and Clark in 1861, but while here...

* This is the same parking lot for the Graveyard of the Atlantic museum that holds the markers for 1861 bombardments and the loss of the Monitor. Here is the furthest point South I have travelled yet (excluding the trip to Louisiana) in exploring the Eastern Theatre of the war. This stop was part of my successful 1861 Completist Tour in the Summer of 2025. 

* The other side of this marker gets its own page, another date during the Burnside Expedition. More on that later. 


https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=135883

Burnside's Expedition Crossing Hatteras Bar


On January 11, 1862, the Burnside Expedition left for Fort Monroe, Virginia destined for Hatteras Inlet 120 miles to the south. Two days later, the fleet of over eighty vessels was struck by a strong Northeaster while crossing Hatteras Bar. Reassembling the fleet in Pamlico Sound was delayed until the month's end due to frequently stormy weather. Among the ships lost were the Pocahontas, Grapeshot and City of New York. The following Regiments were transported by the fleet: the 8th, 10th and 11th Connecticut; the 21st, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 27th Massachusetts; the 6th New Hampshire; the 9th New Jersey; the 1st, 9th, 51st, 89th and 99th New York; the 48th and 51st Pennsylvania; and the 1st, 4th and 5th Rhode Island.






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