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The attack upon Fort Fisher...
The attack upon Fort Fisher...
Item # 700492
January 17, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 17, 1865
* Second Battle of Fort Fisher
* Wilmington, North Carolina
* Admiral David Dixon Porter
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "WILMINGTON" "Another Naval Attack on Fort Fisher" "Evidence of Rebel Deserters as to the Weakness of the Rebel Works & Garrison" "RICHMOND" "Reported Mutiny Among Virginia Troops" and more. More inside as well including; "Rebel Estimate of the Yankee Negroes".
Eight pages, minor binding slits at the blank spine, good condition.
AI notes: The Second Battle of Fort Fisher, fought from January 13 to 15, 1865, was a decisive Union victory that closed the Confederacy’s last major Atlantic port at Wilmington, North Carolina. Learning from the failed December assault, Union forces under Major General Alfred H. Terry and Rear Admiral David D. Porter coordinated a massive attack combining naval bombardment and infantry assault. Beginning on January 13, Porter's fleet subjected the fort to an intense artillery barrage, weakening its earthen defenses, while Terry’s army prepared to storm the fort. On January 15, Union infantry, supported by sailors and marines, attacked from the land side, overcoming the staunch resistance of Colonel William Lamb’s Confederate garrison. After hours of fierce fighting, Union forces captured the fort, effectively sealing Wilmington’s port and cutting off a critical supply line to the Confederacy, a strategic blow that accelerated the collapse of Southern resistance in the final months of the Civil War.
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