Record Data Place Unit Type Location or Site Containing Unit Dare 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 10/05/1861 In North Carolina, a Union counter-attack drives back a Confederate force in the "Chicomacomico Races" Battles/Soldiers 10/04/1861 On the North Carolina coast, a Confederate amphibious assault captures a Union camp at Chicomacomico Battles/Soldiers People Documents Images