US Civil War Second Battle of Fort Fisher,
January 13 to 15, 1865
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a combined Union Army
and Navy attack on the last Confederate coastal stronghold on the
Atlantic seacoast. The fort was nearly
impenetrable. Confederate forces depended on naval blockade runners to trade with other
nations and supply their armies. Wilmington, North Carolina was the
Confederacy’s last open seaport on the Atlantic. Union forces were nearly five
times the size of Confederate forces in this battle and the Union suffered
almost three times as many casualties. The
Union army took the fortress however which allowed Wilmington, North Carolina
to be captured soon after. The loss of this seaport nearly ended all Confederate hopes of winning
the war.
USA Major General Alfred Terry
USA Rear Admiral David D. Porter
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
CSA General Braxton Bragg
CSA Major General Robert Hoke
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