Topics Related to Roanoke Island

Tragic End to Native-Newcomer Encounter

On June 1, 1586, Algonquian chief Pemisapan was decapitated by Edward Nugent, a member of Ralph Lane’s Roanoke Island colony.

The First of the Roanoke Colonies

A map of the Roano

Battle of Roanoke Island Commenced in 1862

On February 7, 1862, Federal ships bombarded Fort Bartow, part of the Confederate defenses on Roanoke Island. One of three Confederate earthen forts on the west side of the island, Fort Bartow mounted nine guns.