Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
After the fall of Fort Fisher, the Armstrong gun became a war trophy and the focus of photographs and newspaper articles. Union soldiers, such as Captain Trickey of the 3rd New Hampshire, noted the “elegantly mounted Armstrong gun … the . . . — — Map (db m28683) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) 1.4 miles south of Loggerhead Road.
These are the remnants of Battery Buchanan, named for Confederate Adm. Franklin Buchanan. It was constructed in 1864 to guard this point and also to serve as “a citadel to which an overpowered garrison might retreat.” It was the last . . . — — Map (db m28637) HM
Near Battle Acre Road near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421).
Steam-powered blockade-runners, usually British, made 1,300 attempts to enter Southern ports with vital supplies during the Civil War. More than 1,000 of the trips succeeded.
The most successful vessels were specially built for the . . . — — Map (db m28680) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
The agricultural South imported many things from Europe, particularly Great Britain. The North blockaded southern ports to stop this trade. In response, the Confederates used fast ships for blockade-running. — — Map (db m28666) HM
On Fort Fisher Boulevard (U.S. 421) 1 miles south of Ocean Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Ethyl-Dow plant, which operated here, 1934-1945, pioneered extraction of bromine from sea water. Element used in Ethyl, anti-knock gas compound. — — Map (db m125712) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
The Union fleet returned in January 1865 and fired another 20,000 shells in three days. Supported by this massive gunfire and a naval landing party, the U.S. Army captured the fort on January 15. — — Map (db m28678) HM
Near Battle Acre Road near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421).
Seacoast erosion, intensified by hurricanes and other major storms, has been a problem and controversial issue at Fort Fisher and elsewhere along the North Carolina coast for decades.
Erosion at Fort Fisher intensified after the 1930s. By 1968 . . . — — Map (db m28681) HM
On Battle Acre Road at Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421), on the right when traveling east on Battle Acre Road.
Largest earthen coastal fortification in the Confederacy. Original construction commenced May, 1861 and continued until December, 1864, when the fort came under Federal assault. Fort Fisher kept Wilmington open to blockade runners, providing a . . . — — Map (db m28634) HM
On Battle Acre Road near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421), on the right when traveling south.
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In memory of those men of the Confederate States Army who for more than three years manned the guns of Fort Fisher under command of Colonel William Lamb, Major General W.H.C. Whiting and Major James Reilly.
(north . . . — — Map (db m28640) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
The most effective gun in the fort. – Col. William Lamb, Fort Fisher commander
The Confederacy relied heavily on English artillery during the Civil War. A variety of English cannons, including Whitworths and Blakelys, were imported . . . — — Map (db m28682) HM
On Battle Acre Road east of Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421), on the right when traveling south.
Here stood the Headquarters of Fort Fisher. The construction of the fort began in the summer of 1862 under the direction of Colonel William Lamb Commandant, who with General W.H.C. Whiting and Major James Reilly served until the fort was . . . — — Map (db m28635) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
In the Civil War Fort Fisher kept the port of Wilmington open for crucial supplies from Europe. The fort finally fell in January 1865 after two of the largest sea-land battles of the war. — — Map (db m28667) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
Col. William Lamb took command on July 4, 1862. For two years over 1,000 soldiers, slaves, and free blacks worked six days a week.
J.A. McMillan, a soldier at Fort Fisher, wrote: “They everlastingly make us work. … We work nine hours . . . — — Map (db m28670) HM
On Fort Fisher Boulevard (U.S. 421) 1.6 miles south of K. Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Blockade runner. Ran aground and sank 400 yds. E., June 1862. Its salvage 1962 led state to open an underwater archaeology office. — — Map (db m125748) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
Over the years man and nature destroyed much of Fort Fisher. Restoration of this battery was based on archaeological, historical, and photographic evidence. — — Map (db m28673) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
The River Road sally port was the fort’s main land entrance.
At 3:30 p.m. on January 15, 1865, Union infantry charged into this end of the fort. — — Map (db m28672) HM
Near Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) near Battle Acre Road.
On Christmas Day 1864 Federal warships engaged the fort. Approximately 2,700 Union infantry disembarked from the Union transports. However, the absence of army/navy cooperation, bad weather, and rumors of rebel reinforcements prevented the success . . . — — Map (db m28677) HM
On Fort Fisher Boulevard South (U.S. 421) at Battle Acre Road, on the left when traveling south on Fort Fisher Boulevard South.
Confederate major general and engineer. He devised the Cape Fear defense system. Wounded nearby in fall of fort. Died in Union hospital. — — Map (db m28633) HM
