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The first amphibious operation in the US Civil War was in August, 1861. Union troops took Cape Hatteras in North Carolina. It was a strategic elbow island on the Outer Banks. During a two day battle , quickly constructed Confederate forts of Hatteras and Clark guarding the Hatteras Inlet were bombarded by a fleet of eight Union warships. Following that action, two troop ships carrying 900 soldiers under the command of General Butler, took more then 600 Confederate captives.

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