1974 Event "Monitor" (U.S. Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras North Carolina 1909 Event SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1865 Event SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1863 Event Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras 1862 Event Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC 1861 Event Battle of Fort Hatteras NC 1861 Event Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark
