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I Date: January 13, iBG5.
lime: 3 p.m.
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whistles, the Union naval fleet emu
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ledcrncy's last stronghold.
A Christinas Eve, lfHil, advance
Federal troops had turned back; tl
time Uio attack would proceed a
succeed.
Fort Fisher and its sister install
lions alone the river protected l
blockade-runners using the port
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had landed above the fort, to move to defease for Wilmington. It held out
the attack. until February 20. The Confederate
After three days of sustained born- troops made their nest stand on the
hardment hy Union land and sea north h?nk ??f Town ?nit. ia??.
forces and six hours of some of the defeated and driven back toward
bitterest hand-to-hand combat of the Wilmington in a brief skirmish
war, the fort surrendered oil April 10 All that remains of Fort Fisher toat9p.ii).
day are remnants of the extensive
Fort Fisher's loss forced the Con- earthworks that earned it the name
federates to abandon the other "(libraller of America."
defenses at the mouth of the Cape Its museum/visitors center and
Fear. On the night of January 16. grounds offer a variety of exhibits.
Fort Caswell was blown up. Tlie in- tours and a reconstructed battery for
slallation in Smith's Iiald Head I visitors'perusal. Researchers access
fsiiiiiu ariu r oris varrijiucii ana to the arc'iivcs, which include a
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federate soldiers stationed at Fori Visited more than any other of the
Fisher at the time si its capture. state s it isioric sites, r ort Usher is
IJving history programs as ? <*!) as open tc the public at no charge,
other special events are scheduled (lours through October 31 arc Monpcriodically,
including a weekend en- day through Saturday from 9 a.m. to
eainpinent in the spring and a special 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3
observance of tbe Christmas season, p m
This season the fort is featuring Nearby attractions include
two new exhibits, a traveling a..... n?n "? -
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diorama of the state's historical sites beaches, a public tot launch ramp,
and also two bells, one returned to the N.C. Marine Resources Center
Fort Fisher from New York State and the Fort Fisher-Southport toll
after an absence of almost 100 years, ferry. Also nearby is Zeke's Island,
The bell was taken when the fort was part of the state's Estuarine Sanecaptured.
tuary Program and accessible for
The second bell, of bronze, was day use by crossing "The Rocks", a
fort. at the tip of the peninsula.
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