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Tag Archives: Cape Fear River
January 2022 Maine at War blog posts
In January 2022, my Maine at War blog examined topics ranging from soldiers and their pets to the infantry captain who suddenly discovered two recruits now listed on the company rolls. January 5, 2022: Soldier’s pet A young combat veteran … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Internet, Websites & Blogs, Navies
Tagged 10th Maine Infantry Regiment, 16th Maine Infantry Regiment, 26th Maine Infantry Regiment, Axel Hayford, Bald Hill Cove, Bangor, Belfast, Brewer, Brian Swartz, Caleb Cushing, Cape Fear River, Castine, Charles Baker, Charleston, Coast Guards Infantry, Cumberland County, Dare, E. H. Faucon, East Battery, East Belfast, Edmund J. Brookings, Ellsworth American, Farmingdale, Fort Knox, Fort O'Brien, Fort Point, Gardiner, George Custer, George H. Pendleton, George O. Hall, Georgetown, Gorham, Irish Bend, John L. Hodsdon, Kingstree, Libby Prison, Little River, Machias, Machiasport, Macon, Maine Coast Guards, Minister’s Point, Nathaniel K. Sawyer, Nicholas Picerno, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, North Carolina, North Inlet, Passagassawakeag River, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Narrows, Penobscot River, Port Hudson, Portland, Portland Daily Press, Prospect, R. H. Stanley, Raphael Semmes, Republican Journal, Revenue Service, Richmond, Robert Wiley, Rockland, Royal Navy, South Carolina, Steele’s Ledge, Stockton Springs, USS Aries, USS Montgomery, Verona Island, Waldo County, West Battery, William H. Simpson, wilmington, Winterport
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A Drive on Fort Fisher
The mouth of the Cape Fear River ends in a messy maze of barrier islands, sandbars, and shoals, but the commuter ferry seems unconcerned. It goes about its morning work in the same matter-of-fact way its passengers do. The morning … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: Fort Anderson
While its nearby “sister fort,” Fort Fisher, is better known, Fort Anderson likewise played an important role in the defense of the Cape Fear River. Built in 1862, Fort Anderson sat on the west bank of the river, several miles … Continue reading
Kilpatrick’s Shirt-Tail Skedaddle: The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, March 10, 1865
Part one in a series. The stakes were high. Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee’s 5,500 man corps was in a race for its life. If it could reach the Clarendon Bridge across the Cape Fear River in Fayetteville, NC first, … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 5th Kentucky Cavalry, 8th Texas Cavalry, Alexander Shannon, Cape Fear River, Ebenezer Stetson, Evander Law, Fayetteville North Carolina, Gilbert "Gib" Wright, Joseph Wheeler, Judson Kilpatrick, Matthew Butler, Monroe's Crossroads, Smithfield North Carolina, Terry's Texas Rangers, Wade Hampton, William J. Hardee, Wilmington North Carolina
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