Second Battle of Fort Fisher

January 13–15, 1865

The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a successful assault in January 1865 by the Union Army, Navy, and Marine Corps against Fort Fisher, south of Wilmington, North Carolina. The fort, sometimes called the "Gibraltar of the South," was the last major coastal stronghold of the Confederacy and a port for blockade runners supplying the Army of Northern Virginia. Its capture near the end of the American Civil War closed a critical Confederate supply route.

Commanders

Union 2

Alfred Howe Terry Major General, Commander of the Union expeditionary force · 1827–1890 David Dixon Porter Rear Admiral, Commander of the Union naval forces · 1813–1891

Confederates 2

William Lamb Colonel, Confederate garrison commander at Fort Fisher · 1835–1909 William H. C. Whiting Major General, Commander of the District of Wilmington; wounded at the battle · 1824–1865

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