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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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Gen. Braxton Bragg

Commander, Department of North Carolina

Lieut. Col. George T. Gordon

Assistant Inspector-General

Maj. William J. Sauders

Chief of Artillery

Maj. Gen. William H. C. Whiting

Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Colquitt

Commander, Brigade

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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

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

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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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National Museum of Natural History

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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Civil War Atlas Maps

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Maps

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Southern Historical Society Papers

The Defence of Fort Fisher

Account of Colonel William Lamb

Fort Fisher

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Harper's Weekly

February 4, 1865

Pictures

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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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          National Historical Society, 2008. p 273-274

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