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3 unusual facts about Fort Fisher


5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment

In December the unit was assigned to the newly formed XXV Corps and took part in the failed attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, from December 7 to December 27, 1864 and the successful Second Battle of Fort Fisher from January 7 to January 15, 1865.

CSS Chickamauga

During the bombardment of Fort Fisher, December 24-25, 1864, a portion of Chickamaugas crew served the guns at the fort.

CSS Robert E. Lee

From January 13 to January 22, 1865 she aided in the bombardment of Fort Fisher's batteries and landed ammunition supplies for the Union forces.


Bombardment of Qui Nhơn

Commander Schenck went on the serve with distinction at the battles for Fort Fisher during the American Civil War.

First Battle of Fort Fisher

The First Battle of Fort Fisher, was a siege fought from December 23–27, 1864, was a failed attempt by Union forces to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major port on the Atlantic Ocean.

Henry Berry Lowrie

Several Lowrie cousins, excluded from military service because they were free men of color (also called free blacks), had been conscripted to help build Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, North Carolina.

U.S. Route 421

US 421 begins at Fort Fisher and heads through North Carolina's southeastern beaches to Wilmington.

Union blockade

In December 1864, Union Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles sent a force against Fort Fisher, which protected the Confederate's access to the Atlantic from Wilmington, North Carolina, the last open Confederate port.


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