The Battle of Fort Fisher: Civil War Jointness.

Abstract

This paper will analyze one of the most exciting but least known chapters of the Civil War. Fort Fisher was the Confederate's largest coastal fortification and protector at the mouth of the Cape Fear waterway leading to Wilmington, North Carolina. The Union's mission was to secure Fort Fisher from its Confederate defenders to allow for the follow-on attack on Wilmington, the last remaining Confederate seaport. The Battle for Fort Fisher, a bloody battle fought during the period December 1864 through January 1865, was notably a joint operation conducted with Union Naval, Marine and Army forces. The loss of Fort Fisher cut off the final resupply line to the Army of Northern Virginia and sealed the final fate for the Confederacy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA364112

Entities

People

  • Geoffrey S. Lawrence

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Civil War
  • Governments
  • Gunfire
  • Guns
  • Instructors
  • Military Training
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.