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300 North Carolina Troops, 1861-'6o.
Henry Nutt, Nathaniel Chase, Herbert Manton, Transit,
and brig Hannah Balch. Mr. Jas. W. McCarrick, of ISTor-folk,
Va., who was a master's mate in the North Carolina
Navy, attached to the steamer Winsloic, says "that the brig
Hannah Balch when captured, was in charge of a prize crew,
commanded by Past Midshipman Kantz, now a Rear Ad-miral
in the United States Navy. This brig loaded with
sugar and molasses, had been captured by a Federal vessel,
while attempting to enter harbor at Savannah, Ga., and put
in charge of the prize crew." The vessels captured were
sent to New Bern, N. C, where they were condemned as
prizes. The State of North Carolina paid the officers and
crew of the Winsloiv full prize money.
The next steamer sent out was the Beaufort, mounting one
long 32-pounder, commanded by Lieutenant W. C Duvall.
On 9 July hoisted ensign, and put the Beaufort in commis-sion,
after taking on powder and other equipment, proceeded
under orders to her station in Pamlico Sound. "On 21 July
when off Oregon Inlet Lieutenant Duvall reports the first
naval engagement with the Federal forces. The Federal ves-sel
was a large three-masted propeller, carrying a battery of
eight guns, one rifle cannon forward and aft, working on
pivots, position taken by this vessel was not over 11/4 miles
from the Beaufort,ivom where she opened fire across a narrow
strip of land. Her shots were replied to by the Beaufort;
firing was kept up as long as the gun could be elevated suf-ficient
to graze the sand hill. The enemy not fancying the
shots, withdrew behind the high sand hills, where she was
out of range. On 30 July, came to anchor opposite Island
of Portsmouth."
The steamer Ealeigh was next fitted out, mounting one 32-
pounder. July 22 Lieutenant Commanding J. W. Alexan-der
was ordered to command her.
The Ellis, mounting one 32-pounder, commanded by Com-mander
W. T. Muse, sailed from Norfolk 2 August, 1861,
arriving off Ocracoke Inlet the 4th.
The capture of these vessels by the Winsloiv produced an
outcry from the commercial circles of the North, which no
doubt called the attention of the naval authorities to the ne-
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