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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:Fort_Holmes_1865_Survey.jpg|thumb|left| | [[File:Fort_Holmes_1865_Survey.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Union Survey of Fort Holmes Earthworks]] | ||
Fort Holmes was a small Confederate fortification situated on Bald Head Island, North Carolina | Fort Holmes was a small Confederate fortification situated on Bald Head Island, North Carolina in the vicinity of the old Bald Head Island Light House and the areas to the immediate southwest of the light. The Fort consisted of Battery Homes and four other smaller earthen batteries arranged around the mouth of the Cape Fear River. | ||
The fort was taken by sailors from the USS Pequot and the USS Wilderness on January 20th, 1865. | The fort was taken by sailors from the USS Pequot and the USS Wilderness on January 20th, 1865. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 7 January 2019
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Fort Holmes (5) (1862-1865) - A U.S. Civil War fortification situated on Bald Head Island, Brunswick County,North Carolina. History Fort Holmes was a small Confederate fortification situated on Bald Head Island, North Carolina in the vicinity of the old Bald Head Island Light House and the areas to the immediate southwest of the light. The Fort consisted of Battery Homes and four other smaller earthen batteries arranged around the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The fort was taken by sailors from the USS Pequot and the USS Wilderness on January 20th, 1865.
Current StatusMuch of the fort has been washed into the sea, some earthworks remain from Battery Holmes.
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