...he following description of the main points now threatened by the Yankees on the coast of North Carolina, may not prove uninteresting at this juncture: Hatteras Inlet, nearly midway between Fort Macon and Roanoke Island, because of the more difficult navigation of Ocracoke, may be said to be the key to Albemarle, Pamlico, and Core Sounds, and their tributaries. Core Sound, on account of its shal...