Cannon firing at Fort Macon - 6.18.22

Cannon firing at Fort Macon - 6.18.22
Video by Gene Galin for the chatham journal newspaper.
Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a U.S. congressman and senator and a leading early-republic statesman from North Carolina, Fort Macon was built after the War of 1812 to defend America and North Carolina from foreign invasion. During the Civil War, Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside planned to seize the fort and bring it under federal control.
Under the direction of General Burnside, Brigadier General John Parke was ordered as to occupy Morehead City and Beaufort. African American fisherman played a vital role in assisting the Union’s surprise attack; they guided General Parke and his army across the unfamiliar water during the night. After Beaufort was captured, the Union Navy blockaded the harbor.
With the land and sea forces under Union control, Fort Macon’s commander, Colonel Moses White, received tremendous pressure to surrender. Left only with four hundred and fifty men and fifty-four heavy guns, Colonial White still refused to surrender. After Moses ignored the second demand to surrender, the Federal batteries opened fire on Fort Macon. The bombardment lasted eleven hours. Colonel Moses surrendered on April 25, 1862.
For the duration of the war, the harbor served as a coaling station for Union Navy ships.
Fort Macon was a federal prison from 1867 until 1876, garrisoned during the Spanish-American War and closed in 1903.
Congress offered the sale of Fort Macon Military Reservation as surplus federal property in 1923. Establishing a system of state parks, North Carolina purchased Fort Macon for one dollar, making it the second state park in 1924.
Restored by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934 to 1935, the fort was garrisoned for the last time during World War II.
Situated at the eastern end of the 424-acre park, portions of the fort have been restored to appear as they did during the Civil War.
Fort Macon State Park is located at the end of East Fort Macon Road (N.C. 58) in Atlantic Beach. For more information, call 252-726-3775, visit ncparks.gov or email [e-mail].

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Misspelled the word cannon in the opening credits.