✦ History

Part of American Civil War

First Battle of Fort Fisher

December 23–27, 1864 · First Battle of Fort Fisher

Result Confederate victory

Butler and Porter's first attempt on the fort guarding Wilmington failed.

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United States
Confederate States of America
Benjamin Franklin Butler military commander David Dixon Porter military commander
William Lamb military commander William H. C. Whiting military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
320

Units

Army of the James North Atlantic Blockading Squadron