Fort Fisher falls, closing Wilmington
January 15, 1865, Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
- Date
- January 15, 1865
- Where
- Fort Fisher, North Carolina
- What happened
- Closed
- Event
- 146 of 174
A Union landing force captured the fort that guarded the Cape Fear River. Wilmington was the last port supplying Lee's army by rail across eastern North Carolina, and its fall sealed the port to blockade runners.
The line
Nearby
- 13 miNorth Carolina State Salt WorksConfederate · Salt works, Wilmington (Myrtle Grove Sound), North Carolina
- 17 miWilmington (Union base after February 1865)Union · Port, Wilmington, North Carolina
- 17 miUnion troops occupy WilmingtonFebruary 22, 1865, Wilmington, North Carolina
- 17 miPort of WilmingtonConfederate · Port, Wilmington, North Carolina
- 18 miWilmington ironclad shipyardsConfederate · Naval works, Wilmington, North Carolina
- 58 miCane Patch and Withers Swash salt worksConfederate · Salt works, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina