Port of Wilmington
Port, Wilmington, North Carolina.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Port
- Where
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Years
- 1861-1865
PORT OF WILMINGTON
Major base for Confederate and private blockade runners bringing supplies from England. Goods moved north to Lee's army on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. The fall of Fort Fisher in January 1865 closed the port, the last Confederate port to be captured.
Then
Wilmington was the major base for Confederate and private blockade runners bringing supplies from England. Goods moved north to Lee's army on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
The fall of Fort Fisher in January 1865 closed the port, and Union forces took the city in February 1865. It was the last Confederate port to be captured.
Now
Lines owned by CSX run through Wilmington today.
Served by
Nearby
- 0 miWilmington (Union base after February 1865)Union · Port, Wilmington, North Carolina
- 0 miUnion troops occupy WilmingtonFebruary 22, 1865, Wilmington, North Carolina
- 4 miWilmington ironclad shipyardsConfederate · Naval works, Wilmington, North Carolina
- 4 miNorth Carolina State Salt WorksConfederate · Salt works, Wilmington (Myrtle Grove Sound), North Carolina
- 17 miFort Fisher falls, closing WilmingtonJanuary 15, 1865, Fort Fisher, North Carolina
- 52 miConfederate Armory, KenansvilleConfederate · Armory, Kenansville, North Carolina