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Tag Archives: Fort Fisher
Forts: Fort Fisher in Fiction
While search an online archive of public domain books, I stumbled across a unique volume entitled Fort Fisher or The Thunder of Siege Guns: A Story of the Great Bombardment. Authored by Major A.F. Grant and published in 1883 by … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Civil War in Pop Culture
Tagged 19th Century Culture, civil-war-forts, Fort Fisher, historical fiction
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Fort Fisher: The Last Bastion
The Confederacy’s greatest bastion arguably was Fort Fisher located some 15 miles south of Wilmington, NC, on the ocean exposed dune-scapes of far eastern reaches of the Tar Heel State. When it fell into Union hands on January 15, 1865, … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Photography
Tagged civil war photography, Fort Fisher
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A Conversation with the Biggest Civil War Roundtable in the Country (conclusion)
(The final installment of a six-part series) This week, ECW Editor-in-Chief Chris Mackowski has been talking with Mike Powell, president of the Brunswick (NC) Civil War Roundtable. With 1,200 members, it’s the largest roundtable in the country. Hopefully their conversations … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: The Robert Ruark Inn in Southport, NC
While in Southport, North Carolina, recently for a speaking engagement with the Brunswick Civil War Roundtable, I had the pleasure of staying at the historic Robert Ruark Inn. It proved an ideal base of operations to explore the neighboring Civil … Continue reading
The Great Naval Leaders
On May 10 I lectured about the Battle of Midway to Old Dominion University’s Institute of Learning in Retirement. Over the course of a wonderful discussion, I assessed one of the U.S. commanders, Raymond Spruance, as “one of the greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Navies, Personalities, Ties to the War, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Battle of Lake Erie, Battle of Mobile Bay, Battle of Perryville, David Dixon Porter, David Farragut, David Porter, Fall of New Orleans, Fort Fisher, George Dewey, Lake Erie, Manila, Midway, Mobile Bay, Okinawa, Oliver Hazard Perry, Perryville, Philippine Sea, Raymond Spruance, Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter, Red River Campaign, U.S. Grant, U.S. Navy, Vicksburg Campaign, War of 1812, World War II
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Civil War Echoes: Pearl Harbor
Today 75 years ago the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, catapulting the United States into World War II – a conflict that turned out to be the country’s bloodiest save for the Civil War. Many of the U.S. ships in Pearl … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal, Navies, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged Admiral David G. Farragut, Antietam Campaign, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Mobile Bay, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Wilderness, Bennet Place, blockade, California, CSS Virginia, David Dixon Porter, David Farragut, Early's invasion of Maryland, Fall of New Orleans, Fort Fisher, Japan, Medal of Honor, Monitor, Monitor and Merrimac, New Orleans, Pearl Harbor, Roger B. Taney, St. Louis, Tennessee, USS Cumberland, USS Monitor, West Virginia, West Virginia statehood, World War II
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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
Fort Fisher vs. Mother Nature
Fort Fisher, situated between the Atlantic shore and the Cape Fear River less than twenty miles south of Wilmington, NC, was one of the last hold-outs of Confederate resistance to the Federal blockade. After a pair of attempts to capture … Continue reading
Breakthrough at Petersburg: “April Fool, Johnnies!”
After the thrilling Union victory at Five Forks on April 1, Lt. Col. Horace Porter raced back with a report to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters near Dabney’s Mill. He swiftly picked his way through the mess behind the … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Common Soldier, Holidays, Sesquicentennial, Sieges
Tagged Five Forks, Fort Fisher, Horatio G. Wright, The Breakthrough
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