Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Pasquotank County, NC Events Date Type 10/01/1861 Confederate gunboats seize Union steamer off North Carolina, capturing Indiana and New York troops aboard Battles/Soldiers 04/19/1862 In North Carolina, Confederate troops defend the locks of the Dismal Swamp Canal from demolition Battles/Soldiers People Birthplace of Cobb, Clinton Levering Martin, James Green Pool, John Burial Place of Cobb, Clinton Levering Documents Date Title 02/24/1862 Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Burning Towns,” February 24, 1862 Images