All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Monday, March 19, 2018
The 56th Anniversary of Fort Fisher's Fall in 1921
From the March 8, 2018, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
From the January 12, 1821 newspaper: "Captain E, D. Williams, Wilmington's harbor master, noted that the 56th anniversary of the fall of Fort fisher was approaching.
"He was a youth age 16 in the Confederate Signal Service when it fell January 15, 1865."
--Old B-Runner
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