First Battle of Fort Fisher
Videos
The First Battle of Fort Fisher was a naval siege in the American Civil War, when the Union tried to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major Atlantic port. Led by
A damaged Confederate gun at Fort Fisher
The bombardment of Federal Point, Harper's Weekly, 1865
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
Videos
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
First Battle of Fort Fisher
…embarrassment, Butler was relieved of command on January 8, 1865, and was replaced by Major General Alfred H. Terry, who led a follow-up expedition that captured the fort one week later. After the failed Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Major General Benjamin Butler and his Army of the James were assigned to an amphibious…
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