Kure Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Shepherd’s Battery
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 11, 2010
1. Shepherd’s Battery Marker
Shepherd’s, one of the oldest batteries in the fort, guarded its western end.
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A 10-inch Columbiad like this damaged one was at Shepherd’s. This old smoothbore fired a 130-pound round ball 3 miles.
This is how the interior of Shepherd’s may have appeared. Note the stacked ammunition.
This gun was once a 32-pounder smoothbore. It was rifled and banded to fire a 60-pound projectile 5 miles with more accuracy.
Erected by Fort Fisher State Historic Site. (Marker Number 8.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Civil.
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 33° 58.339′ N, 77° 55.18′ W. Marker was in Kure Beach, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It could be reached from Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road. This marker is located along the quarter-mile tour trail at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 1610 Fort Fisher Boulevard South, Kure Beach NC 28449, United States
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Regionally, this marker was in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Shepherd's Battery #1 (here, next to this marker); The One Weak Point In The 'Malakoff' Was The Gate (within shouting distance of this marker); Not Fortifications, But Fiftyfications At Least (within shouting distance of this marker); War Never Witnessed More Determined Bravery. (within shouting distance of this marker); "[We] rushed forward like tempest, through the stockade and up the parapet" (within shouting distance of this marker); I Knew That Desperate Work Was In Store
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 11, 2010
2. Shepherd’s Battery gun platform.
Other markers no longer nearby. River Road Sally Port (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Restoration of Shepherd’s Battery (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); a different marker also named Shepherd’s Battery (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); Shepherd’s Bombproof (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing).
Also see . . . Fort Fisher. North Carolina Historic Sites (Submitted on March 15, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 11, 2010
3. View of Cape Fear River from Shepherd’s Battery.
Photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Jan 1865
4. Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Gun with muzzle shot away
Library of Congress [LC-B811-1233, LOT 4202]
Photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Jan 1865
5. Fort Fisher dismounted gun.
Library of Congress [LC-B811- 1238]
Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,056 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on July 16, 2025, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 3. submitted on March 16, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 4. submitted on July 22, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 5. submitted on March 16, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
