Fort Fisher History
Historical Fort Fisher
The Historical Fort Fisher battle ground of the Civil War is located at 1610 Fort Fisher Boulevard at the southern expanse of what is today known as Pleasure Island in North Carolina. Originally named Federal Point, the name “Fort Fisher” comes from Colonel Seawell L. Fremont’s honor and tribute to Colonel Charles F. Fisher who had been killed at The Battle of Bull Run the previous year.
Fort Fisher consists of two different sites known as the “sea-face” and the “land face.” This refers to one side of the fort being closer to the ocean and the other side being more inland along the Cape Fear River. Today, little is left of the original Fort Fisher location. Because of natural sea erosion, barely any of the original …show more content…
Originally, the mouth of the Cape Fear River gave way to the last of the South’s open trade ports. The port was a travel and trade way for supplies being used by the Confederates during the Civil War. Typically, blockade-runners were the main cargo ships travelling in and out of the port. Blockade-runners are ships that were generally lightly armed and/or armored. Because of their risky operations, adventures, and evasion of naval ships, other defensive ships and boats were not hesitant to fire on them upon …show more content…
Forts, short for fortifications, are buildings or constructions made by militaries for defense in warfare. Earthwork forts are forts designed by moving massive amounts of soil and rock to fortify a defensive position. The fort originally started with sporadic mounts and defense batteries set up haphazardly along the peninsula into Wilmington. According to a summary of Fort Fisher on nchistoricsites.org, after over a year of building and expanding, Fort Fisher was still just a “patchwork of disconnected batteries and sand curtains.” Fifteen months after starting construction, Fort Fisher gained its final commander. Although progress was being made at the fort, it was at an agonizingly slow pace. Firearms were scarce at best, and had no comparison to the firearms of the North.
This new commander, Col. William Lamb, created an intricate design which stretched from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Shepard’s Battery along the Cape Fear River on the land-face side. A mile long sea-face battery was also constructed. The sea-face side was dubbed the Battery Lamb, or more commonly, The Mound Battery. Along with expanding and connecting the mounts, Lamb also included heavy seacoast and siege weapons, new cannons with existing firearms, new field artillery. Handheld land
The Historical Fort Fisher battle ground of the Civil War is located at 1610 Fort Fisher Boulevard at the southern expanse of what is today known as Pleasure Island in North Carolina. Originally named Federal Point, the name “Fort Fisher” comes from Colonel Seawell L. Fremont’s honor and tribute to Colonel Charles F. Fisher who had been killed at The Battle of Bull Run the previous year.
Fort Fisher consists of two different sites known as the “sea-face” and the “land face.” This refers to one side of the fort being closer to the ocean and the other side being more inland along the Cape Fear River. Today, little is left of the original Fort Fisher location. Because of natural sea erosion, barely any of the original …show more content…
Originally, the mouth of the Cape Fear River gave way to the last of the South’s open trade ports. The port was a travel and trade way for supplies being used by the Confederates during the Civil War. Typically, blockade-runners were the main cargo ships travelling in and out of the port. Blockade-runners are ships that were generally lightly armed and/or armored. Because of their risky operations, adventures, and evasion of naval ships, other defensive ships and boats were not hesitant to fire on them upon …show more content…
Forts, short for fortifications, are buildings or constructions made by militaries for defense in warfare. Earthwork forts are forts designed by moving massive amounts of soil and rock to fortify a defensive position. The fort originally started with sporadic mounts and defense batteries set up haphazardly along the peninsula into Wilmington. According to a summary of Fort Fisher on nchistoricsites.org, after over a year of building and expanding, Fort Fisher was still just a “patchwork of disconnected batteries and sand curtains.” Fifteen months after starting construction, Fort Fisher gained its final commander. Although progress was being made at the fort, it was at an agonizingly slow pace. Firearms were scarce at best, and had no comparison to the firearms of the North.
This new commander, Col. William Lamb, created an intricate design which stretched from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Shepard’s Battery along the Cape Fear River on the land-face side. A mile long sea-face battery was also constructed. The sea-face side was dubbed the Battery Lamb, or more commonly, The Mound Battery. Along with expanding and connecting the mounts, Lamb also included heavy seacoast and siege weapons, new cannons with existing firearms, new field artillery. Handheld land