After this location fell to the Union, the Confederacy's Mosquito Fleet was soon destroyed at the Battle of Elizabeth City. It fell during the opening engagement of the 1862 Burnside Expedition. Brenau University keeps carved stones addressed to John White that probably give a false history of this place and state that residents moved to the Nacoochee Valley. During the Ci
After this location fell to the Union, the Confederacy's Mosquito Fleet was soon destroyed at the Battle of Elizabeth City. It fell during the opening engagement of the 1862 Burnside Expedition. Brenau University keeps carved stones addressed to John White that probably give a false history of this place and state that residents moved to the Nacoochee Valley. During the Civil War, it became a disease-ridden "Freedmen's Colony" run by the New Bern-based Horace James. Earlier, Simon Fernandez was accused of sabotaging this place, possibly on orders of Sir Francis Walsingham to screw over its patron. Residents of this place may have left it to join up with the Tuscarora tribe or move to the nearby Croatoan Island. For 10 points, name this island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where a colony mysteriously disappeared in the late 1500's.
After this location fell to the Union, the Confederacy's Mosquito Fleet was soon destroyed at the Battle of Elizabeth City.
{Roanoke} Island [prompt on {North Carolina}]