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The Daily Dispatch: February 10, 1862., [Electronic resource], The North Carolina coast and its points of interest and defence. (search)
consequence to the enemy, except in a rear attack upon Beaufort with light steamers. Batteries are erected, we understand, to cut off such an attempt.--But the possession of Hatteras by the enemy, in the absence of the most complete defence upon Neuse and Pamlico rivers and at Roanoke Island, might give him entire control of the granary of the South. Craven, Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington, Currituck; Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Bertie, Martin, and even Northahieving and destructive habits of our foe. The two strategic points. But within these waters are two strategic points of immense value to us, and ought to be protected at all hazards. Newbern, one of these points, at the junction of the Neuse and Trent rivers, is about ninety miles by water from Hatteras, with no natural obstructions to navigation after passing the swash at Hatteras. The possession of Newbern simply as a depot, or for its destruction, would not be worth the hazard of