North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-32
Billy Mitchell 1879 1936. Brigadier general of the Army Air Service, demonstrated air power by bombing battleships off coast, Sept. 5, 1923. Landing field was here.
NC 12 at, Hatteras, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-38
Confederate Forts. Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark, 2 miles s. west, fell to Union troops on Aug. 29, 1861, after two days of heavy naval bombardment.
NC 12 at Hatteras ferry landing, NC, Hatteras, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-50
U.S.S. Monitor. Fought C.S.S. "Virginia" ("Merrimac") in first battle of ironclad ships. Lost Dec. 31, 1862, in gale 17 miles southeast. First marine sanctuary.
NC 12 at, Hatteras, NC, United States