"They were about to get blown up by their own gunpowder..."

From the RCWRT's documentary, "The Civil War in North Carolina: Battles for the Coast, 1862." One film in a series. Originally released on DVD in 2021 to generate donations for preservation efforts.

Filmed onsite in 2021. Paul Branch, Jr. is a state park ranger and staff historian at Fort Macon State Park. He is a contributor to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography and North Carolina Handbook and wrote Fort Macon: A History and The Siege of Fort Macon.

Narration by S.N. Burkholder. Music by the Liberty Hall Drum & Fife Corps.