February 10, 1862---The Battle of Elizabeth City

FEBRUARY 10, 1862:         

 The Battle of Elizabeth City, North Carolina:     

Following their victory on Roanoke Island, the Union purposed to cut off yet another Confederate outlet to the sea. The participants were the same Union vessels that had taken Roanoke Island two days before, opposed by the remaining vessels of the Confederate Navy's Mosquito Fleet; the latter were supported by a shore-based battery of four guns at Cobb's Point (now called Cobb Point). The shore battery was rendered irrelevant by range, and the Union’s capital ships quickly destroyed a large portion of the Mosquito Fleet. 

The result was a Union victory, with Elizabeth City and its nearby waters in Federal possession, and the Confederate fleet captured, sunk, or dispersed. The North River and the Pasquotank River were both closed off by the Union, leading to the fall of Norfolk, Virginia in May.