Record Data Place Unit Type Rivers/Waterways Containing Unit Hyde 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 08/28/1861 - 08/29/1861 In North Carolina, a combined federal army and navy operation bombards and captures coastal forts Battles/Soldiers 10/05/1861 In North Carolina, a Union counter-attack drives back a Confederate force in the "Chicomacomico Races" Battles/Soldiers 11/18/1861 In Union-occupied North Carolina, loyalists meet in convention, rescind secession, and name a new governor Lawmaking/Litigating 10/04/1861 On the North Carolina coast, a Confederate amphibious assault captures a Union camp at Chicomacomico Battles/Soldiers People Documents Date Title 11/20/1861 Marble Nash Taylor, Proclamation to the People of North Carolina, November 20, 1861 01/22/1862 Marble Nash Taylor, Proclamation to the People of North Carolina calling Elections, January 22, 1862 Images
