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...
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The strength of Fort Fisher led to its being called the Southern Gibraltar and the "Malakoff Tower of the South". The battle of Fort Fisher was the most...
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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...
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order of battle for the Second Battle of Fort Fisher includes: Second Battle of Fort Fisher order of battle: Confederate Second Battle of Fort Fisher order...
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Galusha Pennypacker (redirect from Hero of Fort Fisher)
[citation needed] He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher during the Civil War. Galusha Pennypacker was...
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the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (January 13–15, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled...
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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...
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Alfred Terry (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
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...
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Second Battle of Fort Fisher (January 13–15, 1865) of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled...
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USS Minnesota (1855) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
morning of 10 March. Minnesota was repaired and returned to duty, and three years later she participated in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. Minnesota...
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USS Keystone State (1853) (category Ships of the Union Navy)
underway, and by 8:00 am the ships were steaming westward towards Fort Fisher in line of battle. At 2:52 pm Keystone State began firing over and between the...
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Union and Confederate Departments of North Carolina. The Union victory in January in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher meant that Wilmington, 30 miles upriver...
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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...
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USS Howquah (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
operations. This time the objective was Fort Fisher, which protected Wilmington, one of the South's most successful centers of blockade running and her last port...
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USS New Ironsides (category American Civil War patrol vessels of the United States)
CSS David. Eight crewmen were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in 1865. The ship was destroyed by fire in...
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on Fort Fisher during the First Battle of Fort Fisher in December 1864 and the successful attack on the fort during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher the...
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William H. C. Whiting (category American Civil War prisoners of war held by the United States)
was captured in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. Angry that his superior, General Braxton Bragg, failed to use the division of Maj. Gen. Robert Hoke...
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Edmund Colhoun (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
in North Carolina in both the First Battle of Fort Fisher in December 1864 and the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in January 1865. He was commended for...
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Joseph B. Hayden (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. Haffee enlisted in the...
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the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, participating in the North Eastern attack on the fort which was ultimately repulsed. Attacking on the left of the line...
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Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor - 1800 War of 1812 Battle of York Battle of Fort George Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor Battle of Fort Oswego Battle of...
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Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The battle is also referred to as the First Battle of Mogadishu to distinguish it from the Second Battle of Mogadishu in 2006. The...
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Henry Morton Stanley (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
USS Minnesota, and participated in the First Battle of Fort Fisher and the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, which led him into freelance journalism. Stanley...
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First Battle of Fort Fisher; Second Battle of Fort Fisher 1863: USS Pequot (gunboat) First Battle of Fort Fisher; Second Battle of Fort Fisher 1863: USS Saco...
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Adelbert Ames (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (commanding the 2nd Division, XXIV Corps), accompanying his men into the formidable coastal fortress as most of his staff...
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The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a joint assault by Union Army and naval forces against the Confederate Fort Fisher, outside Wilmington, North Carolina...
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John Anglin (sailor) (redirect from John Anglin (Medal of Honor recipient))
Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. His last name is often misspelled Angling. He was one of the...
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Daniel Milliken (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. Milliken volunteered for...
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Robley D. Evans (admiral) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
from the academy in the class of 1864. In the attacks on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher, he exhibited great gallantry...
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James Barnum (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
of Honor for his actions during the First and Second Battle of Fort Fisher in December 1864 and January 1865. "The President of the United States of America...
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