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1865 Capture of Fort Anderson... Civil War...
1865 Capture of Fort Anderson... Civil War...
Item # 720595
February 23, 1865
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 23, 1865
* Fort Anderson surrenders
* Wilmington, North Carolina
* Final months of the Civil War
The first column of the front page has one column headings that include: "WILMINGTON" "Evacuation Of Fort Anderson" "The Rebel Works Fiercely Bombarded by the Monitors" "The Enemy Scared by a Sham Monitor" and more.
Eight pages, minor light foxing, nice condition.
AI notes: The Surrender of Fort Anderson took place on February 19, 1865, near the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, as part of the Union’s final campaign to capture Wilmington, the Confederacy’s last major Atlantic port. Following the fall of Fort Fisher in January, Union forces under Major General John M. Schofield and Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer advanced inland toward Fort Anderson, which was commanded by Brigadier General William H.C. Whiting. The fort, strategically positioned to defend Wilmington via the river, was heavily fortified but isolated and outnumbered. Union troops, supported by naval gunfire along the river, pressed their assault, and after brief resistance, the Confederate garrison was forced to surrender, abandoning the fort and opening the way for Union forces to occupy Wilmington shortly thereafter. The capture of Fort Anderson effectively cut off the Confederacy’s supply lines along the Cape Fear River, hastening the collapse of Confederate defenses in the region and contributing to the imminent end of the Civil War.
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