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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Oregon (Oregon, United States) or search for Oregon (Oregon, United States) in all documents.
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Fort Hatteras. Richmond, Va., Sept. 4th, 1861. To the Editors of the Dispatch:
The Military Board of North Carolina is not responsible for the Hatteras disaster, as can be easily demonstrated.
Under its direction the forts at Oregon, Ocracoke and Hatteras were built, provided with all the ordnance, &c., at the command of the State, and then handed over to the Confederate authorities.
Fort Hatteras was not under the control of the Military Board at the time of the attack, the formal t rothers; Col. Thompson, of the Engineers, (the constructor of the fort.) and Dr. Brown, late of the United States Navy,--all of whom, with the exception of Lieut. Citizen, have been taken prisoners.
At that time Col. Martin was stationed at Fort Oregon, about forty miles distant, and I sincerely hope that he was not present at the time of the attack, as the State can ill-afford to lose the services of so admirable an officer.
Fort Clark is a smaller work, of much more recent construction,