Battles of Fort Fisher
Confederate Commander
Gen. Braxton Bragg
Forces Engaged: 8,300
Killed or Wounded: 583
Captured: 1,900
Total Casualties: Entire Ft. Fisher garrison
Confederate Officers
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Maj. Gen. William H. C. Whiting
Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke
Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt
Brig. Gen. William Kirkland
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Confederate Order of Battle
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Confederate Official Records
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1st Battle of Fort Fisher
December 24-27, 1864
Confederate Victory
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2nd Battle of Fort Fisher
January 13-15, 1865
New Hanover County, NC
Union Victory
Broke the Confederate Back
American Battlefield Trust
Fort Fisher - Second Battle of Fort Fisher
The Aftermath of the Carnage of Fort Fisher
The Fall of Fort Fisher
Plan of Fort Fisher and Vicinity - Historical Map
Attack on Fort Fisher - Historical
Sketch of Vicinity of Fort Fisher
Fort Fisher - An Article
10 Facts: The Battle of Fort Fisher
Power of the Sword
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North Carolina Historic Sites
2nd Attack
The Civil War at Ft. Fisher
Armament
Casualties and Other Numbers
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Civil War Era NC
First Battle of Fort Fisher
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
Land Attack on Wilmington - Defense and Fall of Fort Fisher
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U.S. Marines in Battle
Fort Fisher December 1864 - January 1865
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Battlecast.com
Definitive Historical Atlas of the Battle of Fort Fisher
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Battle of Fort Fisher
Ft. Fisher: The Beginning of the End
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U.S. Naval Institute (USNI.org)
Triumph of Civil War 'Jointness'
The Fort Fisher Campaign, 1864-1865
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VisitWilmingtonNC.com
Fort Fisher
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Warfare History Network
Fort Fisher: Last Bastion of the Confederacy
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Mariners Museum and Park
Fort Fisher: Defender of Cape Fear
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C-Span.org
Battle of Fort Fisher
Civil War: Fort Fisher
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Naval War College Review
Fort Fisher - Amphibious Victory in the American Civil War
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JourneywithMurphy.com
Fort Fisher (Wilnington, NC)
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YouTube.com
The Second Battle of Fort Fisher: Explosions, Blunder and Bloodshed
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Iron Brigadier
Admiral David Porter's Report on the Second Battle of Fort Fisher
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Harper's Weekly
February 4, 1865
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Union Commanders
Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry
Adm. David D. Porter
Forces Engaged: 9,632
Killed: 111
Wounded: 540
Missing: 13
Total Casualties: 664
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Navy Forces Killed: 88
Wounded: 271
Missing: 34
Total Navy Casualties: 393
Union Officers
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Brig. Gen. Adelbert Ames
Bvt. Brig. Gen. Martin Curtis
Brig. Gen. Charles J. Paine
Navy
(Cdre. - Commodore)
Capt. James Alden
Cmdr. Daniel Ammen
Cmdr. Enoch G. Parrott
Cmdr. William Radford
Cmdr. James H. Spotts
Cmdr. Edmund R. Colhoun
Cdre. Henry K. Thatcher
Cmdr. John C. Beaumont
Cdre. Joseph Lanman
Cdre. James f. Schenck
Capt. Daniel B. Ridgely
Cdre. Sylvanus W. Godon
Capt. Charles Steedman
Cmdr. James M. Frailey
Capt. Charles W. Pickering
Capt. Melaneton Smith
Capt. Benjamin F. Sands
Cmdr. John Guest
Cmdr. John M. B. Clitz
Cmdr. William f. Spicer
Cmdr. Charles Henry B. Caldwell
Cmdr. Stephen D. Trenchard
Capt. Oliver S. Glisson
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Union Order of Battle
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Union Naval Order of Battle
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Union Official Records
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Union Naval Official Records
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