Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, North Carolina, from... 27 KB (3,258 words) - 21:16, 12 March 2024 |
Battle of Fort Fisher may refer to: First Battle of Fort Fisher – 1864 Second Battle of Fort Fisher – 1865 This disambiguation page lists articles associated... 149 bytes (53 words) - 17:49, 19 March 2018 |
USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship in service with the United States Navy from 1972 to 1998. She was scrapped in 2010.... 5 KB (356 words) - 05:23, 2 December 2023 |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area is a 287-acre (1.16 km2) North Carolina state park in New Hanover County, North Carolina in the United States. Located... 7 KB (687 words) - 21:41, 14 April 2022 |
Alfred Terry (section Fort Fisher and North Carolina) 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... 10 KB (1,082 words) - 02:05, 26 August 2022 |
USS Minnesota (1855) (section Battles of Fort Fisher) duty, and three years later she participated in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. Minnesota served until 1898, when she was stricken, beached and burnt... 24 KB (2,635 words) - 16:13, 31 March 2024 |
Robert Harrill (redirect from Fort Fisher Hermit) American man also known as the Fort Fisher Hermit. He became a hermit in 1955, at the age of 62, having hitchhiked to Fort Fisher on the North Carolina coast... 12 KB (1,251 words) - 04:36, 28 January 2024 |
Galusha Pennypacker (redirect from Hero of Fort Fisher) awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher during the Civil War. Galusha Pennypacker was born supposedly June 1... 12 KB (1,118 words) - 21:19, 30 March 2024 |
the Second Battle of Fort Fisher includes: Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle: Confederate Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle: Union... 277 bytes (67 words) - 00:06, 15 March 2024 |
North Carolina Aquariums (redirect from North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher) encounters, and feeding programs. The focus of the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, in Kure Beach, is to educate visitors about the waters of the Cape Fear... 13 KB (1,492 words) - 15:52, 10 April 2023 |
Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle may refer to: First Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle This disambiguation... 177 bytes (63 words) - 00:11, 15 March 2024 |
long narrow strip of sandy ground that stretched from Myrtle Grove to Fort Fisher. The Federal Point Light once stood at southern end of the peninsula... 48 KB (6,318 words) - 22:03, 2 November 2023 |
Battle of Wilmington (section Fort Anderson) North Carolina. The Union victory in January in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher meant that Wilmington, 30 miles upriver, could no longer be used by the... 13 KB (1,598 words) - 18:05, 3 June 2023 |
eventually co-write The Reluctant Hermit of Fort Fisher about Harrill's life, and was elected president of the Fort Fisher Hermit Society, formed in Harrill's... 7 KB (735 words) - 21:22, 31 March 2024 |
David Dixon Porter (section Capture of Fort Fisher) Atlantic coast, where he led the U.S. Navy in the joint assaults on Fort Fisher, the final significant naval action of the war. Porter worked to raise... 52 KB (7,089 words) - 22:37, 16 April 2024 |
George Dewey (section Battles of Fort Fisher) protected by Fort Fisher, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. A joint Army-Navy attack in December failed (the First Battle of Fort Fisher, 7–27 December... 52 KB (6,022 words) - 07:10, 24 December 2023 |
Civil War, after the Union Army captured Fort Fisher, North Carolina, the accidental explosion of the fort magazine resulted in an estimated 200 deaths... 101 KB (11,262 words) - 17:54, 16 March 2024 |
first attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, on December 24 and December 25, 1864. The failure of this initial attempt to take the fort necessitated a... 24 KB (2,365 words) - 17:25, 13 February 2024 |
Benjamin Butler (section Fort Fisher and final recall) dismissed from the Union Army after his failures in the First Battle of Fort Fisher, but he soon won election to the United States House of Representatives... 116 KB (12,820 words) - 12:27, 2 April 2024 |
USS Brooklyn (1858) (section Attack on Fort Fisher) take Fort Fisher. Brooklyn was in the task force that arrived off Fort Fisher on January 13, 1865, and her guns supported the attack until the fort surrendered... 31 KB (4,076 words) - 15:41, 14 October 2022 |
USS Sassacus (1862) (section Fort Fisher) preparations were underway for a joint Army-Navy expedition against Fort Fisher, which protected Wilmington, the Confederacy's last major blockade-running... 15 KB (1,898 words) - 12:04, 2 December 2023 |
According to the citation he distinguished himself during the battle for Fort Fisher of the American Civil War. Bazaar, a resident of Massachusetts, was an... 5 KB (480 words) - 14:36, 8 January 2023 |
is part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Fort Fisher, North Carolina to Michigan City, Indiana. In the U.S. state of North... 49 KB (3,479 words) - 04:21, 11 April 2024 |
USS Howquah (section Second Battle of Fort Fisher) on blockade runner CSS Lynx, Howquah was caught in a cross fire from Fort Fisher and from "friendly guns" on two other Union ships, USS Governor Buckingham... 6 KB (666 words) - 17:19, 25 April 2023 |