Alfred Terry
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Alfred Howe Terry was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869, and again from 1872 to 1886. In 1865, Terry led Union troops to vi
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Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry (painting/excerpt 1890): leading the Union Army to capture Fort Fisher in January 1865.
Alfred Terry after the war
Terry as he appears at the Cape Fear Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, near which he captured Fort Fisher in 1865.
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
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The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a successful assault by the Union Army, Navy and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, North Carolina, near the end of the American Civil War in J
Alfred Terry
…and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869, and again from 1872 to 1886. In 1865, Terry led Union troops to victory at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in North Carolina. Although born in Hartford, Connecticut, Alfred Terry's family quickly moved to New Haven, where he spent most of his childhood. Terry…
Diagram showing the positions of the Union vessels, and the lines of fire
Ships bombarding Fort Fisher prior to the ground assault
"Final and Triumphant Assault on Fort Fisher, near Wilmington N.C, on the evening of January 15th 1865"
CS Col. William Lamb