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Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the Civil War. It protected the vital trading routes of the port at Wilmington, from 1861 until its capture by the Union in 1865.
Fort Fisher. Plan Your Visit. Until the last few months of the Civil War, Fort Fisher kept North Carolina's port of Wilmington open to blockade-runners supplying necessary goods to Confederate armies inland.
Massive and powerful, Fort Fisher kept Federal blockading ships at a distance from the Cape Fear River, protecting Wilmington from attack and ensuring relatively safe passage for Confederate naval travel.
Originally set for Sept. 27, the re-opening of Fort Fisher has been postponed due to damage and flooding from Tropical Cyclone 13. A re-opening date will be announced later.
Fort Fisher. Until the last few months of the Civil War, Fort Fisher kept North Carolina's port of Wilmington open to blockade-runners supplying necessary goods to Confederate armies inland. When Ft. Fisher fell after a massive Federal amphibious assault on January 15, 1865, its defeat helped seal the fate of the Confederacy.
Originally set for Sept. 27, the re-opening of Fort Fisher has been postponed due to damage and flooding from Tropical Cyclone 13. A re-opening date will be announced later.
The main highway in the area, U.S. 421, bisected the sandy ruins of the land front of historic Fort Fisher. New firing installations were erected along the beach, between the highway and the Atlantic Ocean — not unlike Fisher's oceanside batteries during the Civil War.
Map of Fort Fisher, January 1865. Adapted from: The Wilmington Campaign and the Battles for Fort Fisher. by Mark A. Moore — (Da Capo Press, 1999).
Through our special event rental program, let Fort Fisher State Historic Site host your wedding or other special event amongst the gnarled live oaks and scenic views of the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean.
A group of Union gunboats begins shelling the peninsula at a point four miles north of Fort Fisher — the area chosen by Terry as the new Federal landing zone. The second massive bombardment of Fort Fisher begins.