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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0F_spanish-attack_Beaufort-NC.html
Spanish force landed and captured Beaufort, 1747. Driven away a few days later by local troops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0E_whale-fishery_Beaufort-NC.html
At Shackleford Banks, six miles southeast by boat, was located a whale fishery of the 18th and 19th centuries.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A0D_salt-works_Beaufort-NC.html
Established by order of the Provincial Congress, April 24, 1776, for Revolutionary War use. They were located 1½ miles east.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML3S_mortar-battery_Atlantic-Beach-NC.html
The earthen mound in front of you was built to shield a battery of two 10-inch siege mortars mounted here in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. The underground gallery below was made into a magazine to store ammunition for the mortar battery.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2T_rifled-32-pounder_Atlantic-Beach-NC.html
This cannon is a replica of a rifled Model 1841 Navy 32-pounder which stood here in the War Between the States. The cannon was originally a smoothbore 32-pounder and fired a round 32-pound cannonball. In October, 1861, Confederate soldiers convert…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML2S_model-1841-navy-32-pounder_Atlantic-Beach-NC.html
This cannon is a replica of a smoothbore Model 1841 Navy 32-pounder which stood here during the War Between the States. Cannons of this caliber comprised almost half of Ft. Macon's armament. The 32-pounder is so named because it fired round iron c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1W_hot-shot-furnace_Atlantic-Beach-NC.html
This replica Hot Shot Furnace stands on the foundation of Fort Macon's original Hot Shot Furnace, built in 1836. Hot Shot Furnaces were used in forts to heat non-explosive cannonballs red hot for use against the unarmored wooden enemy warships of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1V_model-1841-6-pounder-field-cannon_Atlantic-Beach-NC.html
Smallest caliber cannon used in the War Between the States. Several of these were used as secondary armament in Fort Macon during 1834-1861 to defend vulnerable areas against assaults.
Weight of Bronze Barrel ........887 PoundsWeight of Gun Car…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1L_model-1861-10-inch-siege-mortars_Atlantic-Beach-NC.html
These are the only known surviving cannons of Fort Macon's original armament. Used in the fort 1862 to 1902. Similar to mortars used by the Union Army against the fort in the 1862 bombardment.
Weight of Barrel .......................... 1968 Po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1B_welcome-to-fort-macon_Atlantic-Beach-NC.html
Fort Macon was constructed between 1826 and 1834. This fort was used in the War Between the States (1861-1865), the Spanish American War (1898) and World War II (1941-1945). Fort Macon also served as a military prison from 1862-1877.
Fort Macon…