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20 forts. The upper one was at Weir's point and was called Fort Huger. It mounted some ten guns, smooth-bore and rifled. About 500 yards below was Fort Blanchard with four 32-pounders. Still farther down, about two miles from Fort Huger, stood Fort Bartow, on Pork point. This fort was the only one engaged on the 7th, as the enemy did not come within range of the others. It mounted ten guns, eight of which were smooth-bore 32-pounders of 57 cwt., and two rifled 32-pounders of 53 cwt. On the opposite side of the channel was Fort Forrest, mounting seven 24-pounders, but it took no part in the defense. Fort Bartow was well commanded by Lieut. B. P. Loyall, of the navy. After manning the forts, Colonel Shaw, commanding on the island, had less than 1,000 men fit for duty. On February 6, 1862, the combined forces of Flag-Officer Goldsborough and General Burnside appeared off Roanoke island, and it being foggy, anchored near the Marshes, about five miles below Fort Bartow. Admiral Goldsborough's squadron, or fleet, consisted of the Stars and Stripes, Lieut. Comdg. Reed Worden, 5 guns; Louisiana, Lieutenant Murray, 5 guns; Hetzel, Lieutenant Davenport, 2 guns; Underwriter, Lieutenant Jeffers, 4 guns; Delaware, Lieutenant Quackenbush, 3 guns; Valley City, Lieutenant Chaplin, 5 guns; Southfield, Lieutenant Behm, 4 guns; Hunchback, Lieutenant Calhoun, 4 guns; Morse, Master Hays, 2 guns; Whitehead, Master French, i gun; Seymour, Master Wells, 2 guns; Shawsheen, Master Woodward, 2 guns; Lockwood, Master Graves, 3 guns; Ceres, Master McDearmid, 2 guns; Putnam, Master Hotchkiss, i gun; Brinckner, Master Giddings, 1 gun, and Granite, Master's Mate Boomer, 1 gun. Besides these were the Commodore Perry, Lieutenant Commanding Flusser, and the Commodore Barney. These vessels, it is but fair to state, were merchant vessels and ferryboats "converted." They were armed with loo-pounder, 8o-pounder and 32-pounder rifled, and p-inch, 8-inch and 6-inch smooth-bore