Fort Fisher (2)

Fort Fisher (2) (1861-1865) - A Confederate Coastal fortification established in 1861 as Battery Bolles during the U.S. Civil War on the peninsula between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Battery Bolles was named for Captain Charles P. Bolles and it was later included in the Fort Fisher complex that was named for Captain Charles F. Fisher, who was killed at the battle of First Manassas (21 Jul 1861). Fort Fisher was captured by Union forces on the second attempt on 15 Jan 1865 and remained in Union hands until abandoned at the end of the war in 1865.

U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)

Fort Fisher Confederate Batteries & Armament

Waterside Batteries

Landside Battery

Battery Buchanan 2 - 11" Brooke Smoothbore, 2 - 10" Columbiad Mound Battery (Battery Lamb) 1 - 10" Columbiad Battery Hedrick 2 - 10" Columbiads Lenoir Battery 1 - 7" Brooke Rifle, 1 - 6 3/8" Rifle 32 Battery Roland 2 - 10" Columbiads Purdie Battery 1 - 8" 150 Pounder Armstrong Rifle Battery Bolles 2 - 6 3/8" Rifle 32 Columbiad Battery 5 - 8" Columbiads, 1 - 7" Brooke Rifle Battery Cumberland 1- 10" Columbiad Battery Meade 3 - 10" Columbiad, 1 - 6 3/8" Rifle 32

2 - 10" Columbiad 4 - 8" Columbiad 1 - 7" Brooke Rifle 3 - 6 1/2" Rifle 32 7 - 6 3/8" Gun 32 1 - 5 7/8" Gun 2 - 5 1/2" Coehorn Mortar 1 - 4 1/2" Parrott Rifle Main Sally Port 2 - Light 12 pounders

First Battle of Fort Fisher

The first attack on Fort Fisher began on 25 Dec 1864.

Second Battle of Fort Fisher

The second attack on Fort Fisher began on 12 Jan 1865 and lasted almost three days.

Current Status

State Historic Site, New Hanover County, North Carolina

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 985320

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Location: Fort Fisher State Historic Site, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Maps & Images Lat: 33.9698958 Long: -77.9180417 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 13'

Sources:

• Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 614-615

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Fisher
• Wikipedia - Fort Fisher

Visited: 27 Jan 2010

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